FDIC Off the Top Rope
In what seemed like the climactic denouement of a top-billed WWE wrestling match, the FDIC came flying off the top rope on Tuesday with a
September 22, 2024
A Yuck Week for PropTech
Some pandemic-era proptech startups took it on the chin this week, as well as one North American bluechip. Residential listing and data provider Localize decided
August 25, 2024
A Banking Stampede for Tech
If I learned anything from this week’s Fintech MeetUp event in Las Vegas, it’s that thousands of fintech, banking, and payments professionals speed dating at
March 10, 2024
COF: DFS: QQQ
The big are getting bigger. CapitalOne (credit and debit card issuer) and Discover (card issuer and acquirer) are both large financial services concerns that own
February 24, 2024
Bank-to-Nonbank Lending Breaches $1TN
Over one trillion dollars. That’s what the Federal Reserve’s weekly H.8 report started showing for the week ending January 24, 2024. The report tracks the
February 18, 2024
Block, PayPal Retrench, but the Messaging is Different
January 2024 ended with a wave of layoffs among ‘big tech’ companies, including Google and Microsoft, as publicly traded entities look to sure-up profitability through
February 4, 2024
Quantum’s Here
No fintech, payments or software deal made it to the top of my list for most noteworthy funding to start off the year. Instead, it’s
January 28, 2024
One NRF Takeaway – Beyond the Jetsons
Retail’s “Big Show”, the NRF 2024 event in New York city this week, did not disappoint. Ostensibly an opportunity for the largest global retailers to
January 21, 2024
Generative AI Takes On Vertical Software – Fault Lines Appear
I began reading about it last year. In dribs and drabs, articles appeared noting how adept generative AI systems had become at producing workable scripts
January 14, 2024