Highlights and links
Valentine’s Day often results in a few breakups and this week saw the 2019 marriage between FIS and Worldpay come to an end as FIS announced they will be spinning off Worldpay Merchant Services. Our quizmaster was back on vocals again but rising prices turned our stomachs more than his singing did!
Here are the links to the stories we spoke about:-
- The news about FIS and Worldpay was picked up by multiple channels
- If you’re a Belieber then you might be interested in this story
- And we can’t disagree with the Wise Guy – chatgpt is just one bit of current technology that is turning us all into suckers
- Admit it – you thought the Olive Oil Times story was fake, didn’t you?
- We almost choked on our breakfast with this one
- The big banks are no longer worried about Fintechs eating their breakfast though
- The CB Insights report referred to in the article is worthwhile downloading for more info
- Has the Wise Guy started a new side hustle?
- Monzo in the news for tracking cyberslacking
- Meanwhile, Interpol are trying to figure out what the metaverse is
- Sam Bankman Fried gets a new friend
- Things are going to pot in Germany
- But that’s not what Fintechs should be worried about as life gets a bit tougher for them in the future
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