763. News: Buy Now Pay Later regulation shelved while Coutts faces Farage account fallout
Buy Now Pay Later regulation shelved in UK, Thunes pockets $72M, and Farage accuses Coutts of closing account over ‘values’ – Ross Gallagher and Nas Ahmad are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days.
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Nas Ahmad, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
- Treasury poised to shelve crackdown on 'buy now pay later' sector
- Thunes pockets $72M at a $900M+ valuation
- Nigel Farage claims to have proof that bank closed his account over his ‘values’
- Sylvera banks $57M to put carbon offsetting on a path to Net Zero
- Rapper teaches you how to commit wire fraud on viral hit
This week's guests include:
- Malini Kannan, COO, Thunes
- Sophie Winwood, Principal, Anthemis
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Special Guests: Malini Kannan and Sophie Winwood.
Links:
- Treasury poised to shelve crackdown on 'buy now pay later' sector
- Thunes pockets $72M at a $900M+ valuation
- Nigel Farage claims to have proof that bank closed his account over his ‘values’
- Sylvera banks $57M to put carbon offsetting on a path to Net Zero
- Rapper teaches you how to commit wire fraud on viral hit