'Revolut' Tag
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Cashless assessment: Europe edition
September 9, 2019Over the summer I had a conversation with an innovation offered officer inside a large European retail bank. There was a fair amount of lamenting about regulatory burdens (I’m looking at you FATCA) as well as the emerging threat posed by burgeoning challenger banks and other consumer fintech services. By trying to serve large volumes […]
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Free Revolut card (limited time)
February 16, 2019In order to be an effective investor in the fintech space I try to be a consumer of every fintech startup I can. Readers of this blog know how big a fan I am of Revolut, ever since their early days at Level 39. Revolut’s interbank rate on currency exchange and versatile cashback metal card […]
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2018 Holiday gift guide
December 18, 2018By popular demand, here’s my holiday season gift guide featuring companies and projects in which I’ve invested or have been involved in some form. GoCater. Order catering services for your office party this holiday with GoCater. GoCater’s American counterpart, EZCater, raised $100 million to acquire GoCater this past summer. So that means GoCater now sits […]
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2017 Startup holiday gift guide
December 11, 2017Back by popular request, I’ve compiled a holiday gift guide featuring companies and projects in which I’ve invested or have been involved in some form. La Belle Assiette. Host your family and/or friends to a delicious dinner party prepared by a professional chef at your home with La Belle Assiette. Here are some free credit […]
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Incumbent banks: startups are coming for you
July 7, 2017In my previous post I wrote about the sparsity of financial services and products from incumbent banks for small businesses that act globally. This chasm has grown as the increasing proliferation of globally-minded startups face a retail banking sector that is stagnating for reasons of inflexible business models, obsolete systems, and corporate inertia. Fortunately for […]