Fintech Focus For October 2, 2020

Quote Of The Day: I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. - Rosa Parks

Fintech Movers: [T]he number of buy-side firms that execute less than 20% of trades algorithmically, declined from 26% in 2017 to just 17% in 2020. Similarly, the number of firms executing 80% or more of their trades algorithmically declined from 201% to just 13% over the three-year period. - The Trade

• StartEngine discusses a secondary market.
• BaaS helps corporates monetize payments.
• Brexit changes fuel demand for challengers.
• CFTC and DOJ file charges against BitMEX.
• ING shakes innovation office, development.
• Mastercard eyes money management tools.
• Visa’s crypto strategy is driving new growth.
• JPM, LSE take top prizes in fintech awards.
• Barclays, Citi invest in behavior biometrics.
• Rocket Companies, Realtor.com partner up.
• Harvest introduced a financial health index.
• Bloomberg talks cloud technology adoption.
• Talos announced launch of trading platform.
• Tokyo Stock Exchange suffers malfunctions.
• Look at Britain’s rising digital banking stars.

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Watch For This: Housebound urban residents are making more garbage, and budget-strapped cities are having trouble keeping up. - CityLab

• Borat returned to America with his daughter.
• Einride truck startup eyes self-driving tech.
• The ultimate guide to decentralized finance.
• Reaching gender equity in the fintech space.
• Presidential debate shows US is in decline.
• Challenges around decarbonizing transport.
• Ford is killing off the Ford Mustang GT350.
• Where Americans want their money to go.
• How short selling adds to market efficiency.

Market Moving Headline: Global banks are preparing for the possibility that there will be no clear victor on the night of the U.S. presidential election, a scenario that could spark days or weeks of chaos in global equities and fixed income markets, several bankers said. - Reuters

• Moody’s downgraded New York City’s debt.
• Portnoy slams Deutsche over analyst take.
• Investors turn to Asia’s bonds, tech stocks.
• Asian factories are showing mixed recovery.
• Goldman, JPM join Citi in resuming job cuts.
• New travel warnings like another lockdown.
• Boeing moves production to South Carolina.
• Auto suppliers start with leaner inventories.
• US crude exports remain relatively resilient.
• Whale bets resurfaced on big option trades.
• Fed to extend curbs on big bank dividends.
• New York port sets record container volume.
• Home Depot, Tesla file suits on China tariffs.
• Playboy returns to public markets via SPAC.