Fintech Focus For September 28, 2020

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Quote Of The Day: If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war. - Leo Tolstoy

Fintech Movers: Both fintech and big tech credit seems to complement other forms of credit, rather than substitute for them,­ and may increase overall access to credit. - BIS

  • Russia’s Sberbank shifted its strategy.
  • Ant launches blockchain trade platform.
  • Gemini expands into UK with approval.
  • Zillow to open a real estate brokerage.
  • OneConnect won digital banking award.
  • Attunely secured $9M for tech initiative.
  • Science, technology drives UK strategy.
  • OneBanks has partnered with Nuapay.
  • Big names partner with LATAM fintechs.
  • Plaid, Coinbase work on DeFi startups.
  • Pico connects to a low-latency network.

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Watch For This: President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign released a “Platinum Plan” that outlines promises he is making to black Americans over the next 4 years, if he remains the U.S. president. The plan seeks to uplift black communities through, in part, an investment of about $500 billion. - Epoch Times

  • Ray Dalio on the crisis with capitalism.
  • LinkedIn has launched Stories feature.
  • China simulates an attack on US base.
  • Armenia intros martial law after clash.
  • CIA has a plan to poach tech workers.
  • Early pitch decks of unicorn companies.
  • Google to help employees pay off debt.

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Market Moving Headline: Overall, large cap stocks that split outperform the market by an average of 5% over the next 12 months. Just announcing a split causes the average stocks to outperform the market by 2.5%, indicating the market expected gains even before tradability improves. - Traders Magazine

  • Ford to turn 75% reservations to sales.
  • Microsoft releasing perpetual software.
  • Innovation in batteries, electric storage.
  • Chile launches $2B plan to return jobs.
  • Pelosi expresses hope for a relief deal.
  • China’s rebound slowed in September.
  • Britain imposed curbs against COVID.
  • Airlines call for pre-flight COVID testing.
  • China imports of LNG could grow 10%.
  • Positive virus tests top 25% in Midwest.
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