Fintech Focus For October 7, 2020

Quote Of The Day: Merely raising tax rates on the wealthy and corporations wouldn’t really make the system any fairer. - Bloomberg

Fintech Movers: Crypto-friendly bank Silvergate said it was particularly "bullish" on its payments platform during its Q2 earnings call. Now it's announced the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN) has exceeded $100 billion in transfer volumes. - Block

• Robinhood launched auto investing.
• SIA, Nexi creating payments group.
• BNP, Curv partner on digital assets.
• LCH SA clearing for Cboe Europe.
• TradeStation Crypto on TradingView.
• Atom Finance added a subscription.
• LendingTree adding analysis tools.
• MSCI intros research, analysis app.
• Liquidnet adds investment analytics.
• LSE upgrades connectivity options.
• Standard Chartered, DBS team up.
• AccessFintech secures a Series B.
• WealthCharts intros trading platform.
• Tipalti closes out $150M Series E.
• GigaPoints secures $1.5M for tech.
• Neocova eyes digital transformation.
• Citi invests in Genesis Global Tech.
• JPM, 55ip team on model portfolios.

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Watch For This: Hong Kong's status as a key Asian financial hub will remain intact according to business experts. - BBC

• The best practices for supply chain.
• Election a referendum on transport.
• G Suite is now Google Workspace.
• Facebook cracks down on QAnon.
• New James Bond delayed till 2021.
• Less driving to become permanent.
• SpaceX awarded satellite contracts.

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Market Moving Headline: President Donald Trump ended talks with Democratic leaders on a new stimulus package, hours after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s strongest call yet for greater spending to avoid damaging the economic recovery. - Bloomberg

• Should you buy or should you sell?
• Mercedes makes big electric push.
• Facebook, Twitter cut Trump posts.
• Private-jet flights to recover by 2021.
• Apple stops selling rival earphones.
• US trade deficit jumped in August.
• Finance attacks new trading taxes.
• Cuomo is imposing virus restrictions.
• Hope for vaccine dims on regulation.
• TikTok ban hearing on November 4.
• AMC will keep most theatres open.
• Airlines warn of more bankruptcies.
• Central bankers eye more fiscal aid.