Quote Of The Day: Cowboy innovation is worse than no innovation at all. - Alan Konevsky
Fintech Movers: The shift toward touchless payments is dramatic, with 8x more earnings calls mentions vs. last year. - CB Insights
- Metromile eyes insurance transparency.
- Intel bought digital currency for 5 years.
- The Block introduced a data dashboard.
- Stripe buys Nigeria’s Paystack fintech.
- Mastercard, Stride team up on gig offer.
- Bankia integrated Bloomberg AIM tech.
- Facebook’s Libra taps HSBC executive.
- Skynet Labs unveils a platform for apps.
- Securitize buys Distributed Ledger Tech.
- NYSE invites companies to test listings.
- Archax exchange raised $8M in funding.
- Ebanx makes a Central American push.
- PayPal eyes growth, invests in Extend.
- Tide, GoCardless partner on payments.
- Rapyd partners with InComm Payments.
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Watch For This: Coronavirus infections jumped by almost 17% over the past week as the number of new cases increased in 38 states and Washington, D.C. - Axios
- Diet and vulnerability to the coronavirus.
- Bill Gates suggests he was a naive CEO.
- Young, dumb traders created nightmare.
- Russia withdrew from MH17 liability talk.
- Voter-registration giving Trump an edge.
- Army for Trump preparing to poll-watch.
- No more indoor meetings for UK till April.
Market Moving Headline: Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, told CNBC Thursday that she has “no doubt” the U.S. will implement a new economic stimulus package that will help reduce the current uncertainties for the global economy. - CNBC
- Snapchat launches TikTok rival, Sounds.
- Thus far, 40+ oil companies went under.
- FedEx, UPS facing biggest season ever.
- Walgreens entered return to profitability.
- Canadian homes sales, prices hit record.
- McConnell opposes Trump on stimulus.
- Deutsche Bank revamps business offer.
- France, Netherlands eye tech regulation.
- SMEs rake $3.5B on Amazon Prime Day.
- Recovery looks shakier on rise in claims.
- Senate committee will subpoena Twitter.
- Morgan Stanley profit crushes on trading.
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