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Traderdan, your debit card/your card details can be stolen, copied etc, even your email and password hacked. But no one can copy your fingerprint or Face ID for the app. So wouldn’t you rather use Mode app with your Face ID or fingerprint? Plus teenagers, young people and students almost all prefer to use digital app, not to mention the additional perks eg bitcoin, cash back, personalised shopping etc…. The potential for mode is huge if they get it right and with Rita being ex Alipay’s Europe CEO, I have no doubt they will.
Flowergarden, they are launching in Europe and later in the US. But the U.K. first. We should get updates about the U.K. merchants soonish incl 100 ftse companies and big online one, it is rumoured.
To add to my previous post, Mode will also facilitate U.K./Europe merchants target the Chinese market.
Having the ex CEO of Alipay Europe says all for me. Mode isn’t building from scratch, Rita has all those merchants contacts of Alipay Europe. Listen to her and see how confident she is. Just 1% of Alipay’s revenues is £1 billion for Mode, not to mention bitcoin where it goes up or down, as Mode makes its money from transactions and the more volatility in btc as we are seeing the last few days and more to come, the more revenues for Mode.
Crocqman, interesting company and article. Goes to show the innovation and opportunities of open banking. bodes well for mode to innovate further as the potential is enormous with more and more innovation to target. These incumbents fintech will accelerate the growth in the sector and with merger and acquisition along the way, both between small cos and big financial institutions to take them over as competition heat up and companies such as Visa & MasterCard wouldn’t want to lose their market share to these incumbents or other institutions taking them over. I see the likes of Mode doing what Microsoft did to IBM, Apple to Nokia ie the adoption of a mass financial market innovative product by small companies becoming giants (MS/Apple) leaving the established institutions behind (IBM/Nokia).
https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/coindesk-podcast-network/druckenmiller-reserve-currency
https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/coindesk-podcast-network/druckenmiller-reserve-currency
Clearly chairman Poulden’s trip to Gibraltar was to sign some contract with the lawyers, as negotiations would have been done over zoom given the lockdown, which also advise against travel unless necessary. Interested he retweeted Gupta’s tweet about his meeting with the lawyers. Gupta also tweeted at the weekend about dealing with the lawyers and looking forward to get on with the tech.
So I’d expect some rns by Friday or early next week.
Tiggs352, my previous post was to you. More to improve your reading skills if not deramping ie cheating:
“Founder Jonathan Rowland will remain as Chairman, working closely with Ryan to shape Mode's growth trajectory for the years ahead....... Ryan has over a decade of experience scaling and leading large global teams, deploying novel technologies across new markets and successfully executing high growth strategies. He has significant experience advising financial services companies on the adoption of new technologies as well as M&A transactions.
As CEO, Ryan will oversee Mode's day to day strategy and help drive and deliver the Group's ambitious growth strategy, innovative product launches and customer acquisition targets.”
Is that a mistake on your part because of poor reading skills or poor deramp? Johnathan REMAIN Chairman. He’s had 2 jobs (in addition to running a bank, a 3rd) relinquishing one to Ryan as CEO who has been a director from start and is a BIG INVESTOR in Mode is an excellent news: a testament to the fact Mode is at an inflexion point for accelerated growth that Johnathan can NO LONGER do on his own cause it require too much energy, time and effort from one person.
“The global fintech sector is FAST EVOLVING and Mode is PIONEERING the DEVELOPMENT of a TRULY DIGITALLY-NATIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES ECOSYSTEM. I’M EXCITED to have Ryan join US so that TOGETHER WE can continue to drive this innovation and DELIVER on Mode's goal to build an all-encompassing ecosystem where wealth creation and value exchange is seamless for all economy participants."
I don’t think realise the huge potential of vlrm with Gupta’s involvement. Surely he can only improve on what he’d been involved with ethereum knowing the nuts and bolts of cryptocurrency and blockchain.
Prof Gensler was the head of SEC, US equivalent of our FCA (F*C* All-PIs) and spent 18 years at Goldman Sacks, worked with US treasury, redesigned the dollar, dealt with financial crisis of 90s and later crisis inc 2008 etc.
Very interesting lecture on blockchains/cryptocurrency mentions, smart contract. He sees blockchain/cryptocurrency potential to transform and democratise global finance.
He compares bitcoin market in 2018 (lecture year) of $200 billion with over $300 trillions of global financial market suggesting this huge market Blockchain to potentially revolutionise.
https://youtu.be/EH6vE97qIP4
The funny yet distressing incident he cites in the lecture, years ago a guy bought 2 pizzas worth $40 for 10,000 bitcoins, after a 3rd attempts (if only he didn’t persist lol)....worth today $550 million. Hope he hasn’t gone crazy or worse.
MIT Prof Gensler was the head of SEC, US equivalent of our FCA (F*C* All-PIs) and spent 18 years at Goldman Sacks, worked with US treasury, redesigned the dollar, dealt with financial crisis of 90s and later crisis inc 2008.
Very interesting lecture on blockchains and cryptocurrency. He sees blockchain/cryptocurrency potential to transform and democratise global finance.
He compares bitcoin market in 2018 (lecture year) of $200 billion with over $300 trillions of global finance suggesting this huge market Blockchain to potentially revolutionise. He mentions Alypay, Visa and MasterCard. Clearly this is huge market for cryptocurrency and also open banking hopefully for Mode to tap into.
https://youtu.be/EH6vE97qIP4
https://twitter.com/leashless/status/1391450950821453826?s=21
Aren’t they obligated to update shareholders by aquis....and aquis by the FCA? It’s over 2 months now since suspension.
Goldman Offers New Bitcoin Derivatives to Wall Street Investors
By Matthew Leising
6 May 2021, 19:18 BST
Bank broadens betting options with non-deliverable forwards
It’s hedging with CME futures, trading with Cumberland DRW
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is wading deeper into the $1 trillion Bitcoin market, offering Wall Street investors a way to place big bets.
The investment bank has opened up trading with non-deliverable forwards, a derivative tied to Bitcoin’s price that pays out in cash.
you can also ask questions:
https://youtu.be/qARSEBqoM-E