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Big banks move into crypto services | Facebook Diem shifts operations from Switzerland to US | Where Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft & Apple are investing

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter with over 29’000 subscribers, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • Big banks move into crypto services
  • Facebook Diem shifts operations from Switzerland to US
  • Big Tech’s Playbook: Where Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple are investing

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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Twitter adds ‘tip jar’​ to pay for good tweeting | WEF on blockchain use in capital markets | HSBC voice biometrics prevents £249m attempted fraud

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter with over 29’000 subscribers, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • Twitter introduces Tip Jar to send and receive cash for tweets
  • WEF: Little market-wide agreement on blockchain use in capital markets
  • HSBC voice biometrics prevents £249m attempted fraud

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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Cloud spending accelerates as Microsoft, Google chase AWS | Deutsche Bank to close branches | Deutsche Boerse to build digital asset marketplace

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter with over 28’000 subscribers, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • Cloud computing spending accelerates again as Microsoft, Google chase AWS
  • Deutsche Bank to close branches; move to hybrid working model
  • Deutsche Boerse and Commerzbank to build digital asset marketplace

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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SAP sets up dedicated financial services unit | Walmart files for trademark for FinTech unit: ‘Hazel by Walmart’​ | Microsoft buys Nuance for $16B


FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • SAP retreats from Financial Services, spins off IP & staff to a partner
  • Walmart files for trademark for FinTech unit: ‘Hazel by Walmart’
  • Microsoft buys speech recognition firm Nuance in a $16 billion deal

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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Alibaba hit with record $2.8 billion fine in China | Google has long way to go to becoming anti-Amazon of e-commerce | Fintech billionaires revealed


FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • Alibaba hit with record $2.8 billion antitrust fine in China
  • Google has long way to go to becoming anti-Amazon of e-commerce
  • Fintech billionaires revealed: Who is on the 2021 rich list?

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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Credit Suisse lurches from one risk management crisis to the next | Banks face up to $10 billon losses in hedge fund | WhatsApp payment relaunch in Brazil

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • Credit Suisse lurches from one risk management crisis to the next
  • Banks could face up to $10 billion in losses from the Archegos hedge fund liquidation
  • WhatsApp payment service gets go-ahead for Brazil relaunch

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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Robinhood files confidential paperwork to go public | WeWork agrees to go public through a SPAC deal | Santander UK to close 111 branches

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • Robinhood files confidential paperwork to go public
  • WeWork agrees to go public through a SPAC deal
  • Santander UK to close 111 branches and overhaul office space

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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Google to spend $7 billion in data centers in 2021 | Morgan Stanley to offer clients access to bitcoin funds | SPACs raise record quarterly amount

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • Google to spend $7 billion in data centers and office space in 2021
  • Morgan Stanley becomes first major U.S. bank to offer clients access to bitcoin funds
  • SPACs raise record quarterly amount

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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Ant Group CEO resigns following regulatory crackdown | Digital-only artwork fetches $69m at Christie’s | Walmart’s Fintech Ambition: A Super App

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • Ant Group CEO resigns following regulatory crackdown
  • Digital-only artwork fetches nearly $70 million at Christie’s
  • Walmart’s Fintech Ambition: A Super App, Not The ‘Bank Of Walmart’

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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China-linked hack hits Microsoft customers | Amazon opens cashier-less store in London | PayPal might buy digital currency startup Curv for $500m

FinTech Ecosystem Insights by Bussmann Advisory is our weekly newsletter, summarizing relevant news and reports related to ecosystems around disruptive technologies, highlighting key updates from the industry as well as our portfolio companies:

  • China-linked hack hits tens of thousands of U.S. Microsoft customers
  • Amazon opens cashier-less store in London
  • PayPal might buy digital currency startup Curv for $500m

The latest edition of the FinTech Ecosystem Newsletter is here:

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