In this episode
Could Apple have a viable payments platform? Simon gets back from holiday, we had some questions about his new lifestyle choices. We get to the bottom of why Spotify may need a blockchain. Nigel Walsh drops by to talk to us about insurtech funding and we start filling out our mortgage applications to our parents.
Guests
Joining us for this week’s analysis of the news:

Sarah Kocianski, Senior Research Analyst Fintech at Business Insider UK
Kadhim Shubber, Reported at Financial Times

News this week

Recode – Apple is in talks to launch its own Venmo – Link
Medium – The first real revolution in venture capital: crypto tokens  – Link
Coindesk – The United Nations Just Launched Its First Large-Scale Ethereum Test – Link
Techcrunch – Spotify acquires blockchain startup Mediachain to solve music’s attribution problem –Link
Techcrunch – PayPal launches a small biz toolset, ‘Business in a Box,’ with WooCommerce & Xero – Link
FT – Bank of Mum and Dad is ninth-biggest lender with £6.5bn loans – Link
Submitted by listener Quinn Dempsey on Twitter, American Banker – JPMorgan defection underscores tough blockchain choices – Link
Neshoba Democrat – The Citizens Bank launching interactive tellers – Link
FT – Investment in insurance tech start-ups drop sharply – Link
Globes – Jes Staley sees technology as driving globalisation and changing banking, but says there’ll always be a Barclays. – Link
Backchannel – The AI Cargo Cult – The myth of super hero AI – Link

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