Payments Monitor

Payments Monitor episodes:

• 01.05.2016

  Episode 39: 5th of January 2016

  Daily #Podcast: Mike Tyson launches a Bitcoin wallet with Bitcoin Direct, China’s stock market still swinging after yesterday’s crisis, Kenyan shilling shows signs of remaining stable after dollar influxes by NGOs. Orange Bank, Paypal + Aramex and more.

  
• 01.04.2016

  Episode 38: 4th January 2016

  A very brief overview of last year and what can we expect this year in the world of banking, payments and fintech.

  
• 12.14.2015

  Episode 37: 14th December 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Will oil breach the $30 floor? The Federal Reserve might be planning to raise interest rates for the first time since the Great Depression - the .bank domain is finally available - how decentralized ledger and the world...

  
• 12.09.2015

  Episode 36: 9th December 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Has the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto been revealed? TransferWise gets two money transmitter licenses in the US, Money Laundering - How big of a problem it is in the US, Turkey & Iran - comparing #...

  
• 12.07.2015

  Episode 35: 7th December 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Xoom is coming to Bangladesh while M-Pesa will soon begin services in Ghana. Abn Amro Bank to allow signing up with a Selfie, oil prices edging closer to 2015 low, Argentina president aims to dismantle currency controls and...

  
• 11.27.2015

  Episode 34: 27th November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: BBVA Bancomer Mexico and Gemalto announce first rollout of Dynamic Code Verification Solution, Bank of England challenges students to create a blockchain solution, Wechat launches mobile wallet in South Africa, China’s Shanghai Composite Index sinks 5.5 percent, Will...

  
• 11.26.2015

  Episode 33: 26th November 2015

  Today’s #Podcast: Barclays gets fined again. Goldman Sachs charges staffer, Hilton Hotel has a data breach, VISA experiments with blockchain and Remittances, SWIFT says Virtual Currencies not ready for EU Regulations, $60 Million is the asking price for the large...

  
• 11.24.2015

  Episode 32: 24th November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Distributed Ledger Technology could render the Central Banks useless (cites a BIS report), Spanish Bank BBVA now owns nearly 30% of UK Challenger Bank: Atom, Samsung Pay adds more issuers, Apply Pay plans to launch in China and...

  
• 11.23.2015

  Episode 31: 23 November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Diebold agrees to $1.8 Billion takeover of Wincor-Nixdorf, China could be heading for a Yuan devaluation, Coinbase issues Bitcoin Debit Card, Brazil might regulate Bitcoin, Jack Ma wants a piece of SCMP, Argentina's fever or optimism is high,...

  
• 11.20.2015

  Episode 30: 20th November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: China cracks down on $64 Billion “underground bank”, top 20 non-bank money transfer providers based in the UK now account for over £40 billion of foreign exchange per year, Martha Stewart moves to Amazon’s Handmade platform, Dunkin’ Donuts...

  
• 11.19.2015

  Episode 29: 19th November 2015.

  Daily #Podcast: Barclay's gets fined US$ 150 Million by NY's DFS. Nigeria's central bank cuts back on US Dollar supplies, EU seeking a crackdown on Bitcoin. Most US shoppers will use Amazon.com this holiday season, and UK Government's report cites...

  
• 11.18.2015

  Episode 28: 18th November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Barclays facing another fine, Western Union and Wechat to offer cross border payments service, Silicon Valley Bank survey shows 43% think red tape is main hurdle to growth in fintech growth, Blockchain startup Align Commerce raises $12.5 million,...

  
• 11.17.2015

  Episode 27: 17th November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Webmoney gets an e-money license, Bank of Canada concerned over Bitcoin, Baidu and Citic Bank forming a bank, FCA wants firms to use cloud services, Bitcoin price on the rise again and IMF approves China’s Renminbi as a...

  
• 11.13.2015

  Episode 26: 13th November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Rakuten’s $100 M Fintech Fund, Blackstone invests in NCR, China shopping in the West, Visa Europe looking into blockchain for remittances, Overstock spinning away its blockchain division Medici and global oil inventories reach record level.

  
• 11.12.2015

  Episode 25: 12th November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Today, Alibaba shatters records, Apple in talks with US banks for P2P mobile money transfers, China opening doors for foreign payment networks, Aite’s new report about P2P payments in the US, Microsoft is allowing access to Ethereum for...

  
• 11.06.2015

  Episode 24: 6th of November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Today, Deutsche Bank troubles, Facebook’s revenue growth, Blackberry reboot, Square IPO, Amazon & Payoneer partnership and latest data showing a surge in the US jobs market in October.

  
• 11.04.2015

  Episode 23: 4th November 2015

  Daily #Podcast: Today, 40% of China’s e-commerce products are fake, Oberthur postpones IPO, today’s Bitcoin price highest this year, VISA Checkout hits 7 million users, the missing billions of Malaysia’s 1MDB and thoughts on Bernard Lunn’s Daily Fintech blog.

  
• 11.03.2015

  Episode 22: 3rd November 2015

  Daily Podcast: Today, surging price of Bitcoin, Standard Chartered layoffs, Germany’s alternative to Paypal, Chasepay, cutting off credit rating for 8 largest banks, Candy Crush acquired by Activision and Amazon’s first physical store.

  
• 11.02.2015

  Episode 21: 2nd November 2015

  Daily Podcast: Today, VISA buying VISA Europe, FBI blowback on Alert, Turkey’s elections & the Lira, China’s first airplane, HSBC results, Facebook “Local Market” Bitcoin’s new price high & Mr. Monopoly.

  
• 10.30.2015

  Episode 20: 30th October 2015

  Daily Podcast: Today, Chinese Yuan biggest rise since 2005, Bitcoin hits a new high for 2015, Amazon’s “Pay with Amazon”, UBS says London/Hong-Kong property bubble cometh, Legal Marijuana and access to banking in the US, Apple opens its flagship stores...

  
• 10.29.2015

  Episode 19: 29th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 29th of October 2015, some stories for today are: TOP STORIES The new bitcoin incubator Digital Currency Group (DCG) has managed to attract many big name investors...

  
• 10.28.2015

  Episode 18: 28th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 28th of October 2015, some stories for today are: TOP STORIES With the number of increasing innovative payment methods like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, it should...

  
• 10.27.2015

  Episode 17: 27th of October 2015.

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 27th of October 2015, some stories for today are: TOP STORIES JPMorgan Chase announced that its Chase Pay product (a challenger to Apple Pay) has signed up...

  
• 10.26.2015

  Episode 16: 26th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 26th of October 2015, some stories for today are: TOP STORIES Trouble is brewing for Deutsche Bank as the US Justice Department and the New York Department...

  
• 10.22.2015

  Episode 15: 22nd October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 22nd of October 2015, some trending stories for today are: TOP STORIES The Dutch bank ABN-Amro is setting up a 10 Million Euro fintech fund. Not wanting...

  
• 10.21.2015

  Episode 14 - 21st October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 21st of October 2015, some trending stories today are: TOP STORIES Sweden is well on its way to become the first country that would be completely cashless....

  
• 10.20.2015

  Episode 13 - 20th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 20th of October 2015, some trending stories today are: TOP STORIES Smartcard and security technology company Oberthur announced it will be filing for an IPO on Euronet...

  
• 10.19.2015

  Episode 12 - 19th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 19th of October 2015, some trending stories today are: TOP STORIES The world of ATM might be seeing a merger. US ATM manufacturer Diebold is in takeover...

  
• 10.15.2015

  Episode 11 - 15th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 15th of October 2015, some trending stories today are: TOP STORIES Wearable payment technology has another player, watchmaker Swatch has decided to enter the market. Swatch has...

  
• 10.14.2015

  Episode 10 - 14th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 14th of October 2015, some trending stories today are: TOP STORIES Hyperledger, a Blockchain startup who’s co-founders are based out of China and the US, just got their...

  
• 10.13.2015

  Episode 9 - 13th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 13th of October 2015, some trending stories today are: TOP STORIES Author, Speaker, Futurist and CEO of Moven, Brett King announced at Sibos today that Moven raised US$...

  
• 10.12.2015

  Episode 8 - 12th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 12th of October 2015, happy thanksgiving to all those listening in from Canada, to the rest, its Monday! Anyhow, here is what is trending today: TOP STORIES Dell...

  
• 10.09.2015

  Episode 7 - 9th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 9th of October 2015, and some top stories of interest in my feed are: TOP STORIES Starbucks will soon be accepting Apple Pay. This announcement was made by...

  
• 10.08.2015

  Episode 6 - 8th October 2015

  Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 8th of October 2015, and some top stories of interest in my feed are: TOP STORIES Lets start with the bad news. If you’re a Deutsche Bank shareholder,...

  
• 10.07.2015

  Episode 5 - 7th October 2015

  TOP STORIES China starts dumping US Treasury Debt. The International Monetary Fund (i.e. the IMF), has issued a warning of fresh shocks to the local financial stability. Ben Bernanke states “the Fed should have abandoned inflation targeting.” Starbuck’s hires a full-time CTO The US...

  
• 10.06.2015

  Episode 4 - 6th October 2015

  TOP STORIES Digital currency network Ripple Labs just received a new round of funding for US$4 Million from Santander InnoVentures. Mastercard is doing biometric trials for payments Google Alphabet invests in Symphony. China’s renminbi is now the 4th most used currency in the world OPINION...

  
• 10.05.2015

  Episode 3 - 5th October 2015

  TOP STORIES US Reaches Trade Deal with 11 Pacific Nations Cybersecurity Awareness Month falls flat as Scottrade joins ranks of victims South Korean app firm makes Internet bank bid with Tencent and eBay HyperWallet launches global payout API for the digital market Twitter CEO becomes...

  
• 10.02.2015

  Episode 2 - 2nd October 2015

  - Trump Hotels Data Breach - T-Mobile users data stolen by hackers - Alibab invests in Paytm (again!) - Transferwise app features as best app on the Apple App store - Payoneer's White Paper - Upworks' white paper "Freelancing in America 2015"

  
• 10.01.2015

  Episode 1 - 1st October 2015

  TOP STORIES 1. Adyen 2.3 Billion dollar valuation 2. US switches over to EMV 3. WorldPay trials facial recognition technology, also comments on Siri/M-Messenger, using biometrics in payments. 4. Twitter expands the buy button 5. Coinbase - Buy bitcoins instantly from 26 countries. 6. FirstData...