Fintech Focus For August 6, 2020

Daily Perspective: I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein

Fintech Movers: PayPal executives said society has reached an "inflection point" when it comes to the "death of cash," and noted that 70% of consumers now fear for their health when it comes to paying in stores. - Fortune

• Schwab adopts TD's thinkorswim.
• Refinitiv has added Sigwatch data.
• BBVA intros Google collaboration.
• Aquis furthers NEX tech migration.
• Goldman develops app for M&A.
• Shorter market hours bid hits wall.
• Fidelity quotes Satoshi Nakamoto.
• Do not discount insurance tech.
• Smartbank Sync raises seed round.
• eBay, LendingPoint launch program.
• LSEG delivers a new IT platform.
• Vela deploys market feed in AWS.

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Watch Out For This: An ex-British Army explosive expert says the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, shows the tell-tale signs of an ammonium nitrate explosion. CNN's Sam Kiley reports. - CNN

• Lebanon ignored expert warnings.
• Nobody is buying fast food breakfast.
• Biggest search engine raises $15.5M.
• Social engineering is unlikely to stop.

Market Moving Headline: U.S. private employers hired far fewer workers than expected in July as companies exhausted loans to help with wages and new COVID-19 infections flared up across the country, supporting the view that the nascent economic recovery was faltering. - Reuters

• Rocket prices IPO at $18 a share.
• SaaS and its impact on business.
• US will pay $1B for J&J vaccine.
• Walmart delays Prime competitor.
• Facebook intros TikTok-like service.
• SEC investigates the Kodak surge.
• Michael Burry right on GameStop.
• JPM sees portfolio trading surge.
• US, China to meet 8/15 over trade.
• Stimulus should target infrastructure.
• Visa CEO says little hiring right now.