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Powell pushed the large 50 basis point cut over the line with the help of the market. This has given investors the green light to scream for more easing as early as November. Wall Street is reading between the lines: if the Fed’s willing to cut 50 now, why not again in November?

This week, we sat down with Rahul Bhargava, consultant for The World Bank, about the evolving landscape of cross-border payments. The G20’s roadmap for faster payments faces key milestones over the next two years, and the significance of BIS projects like Project Nexus have been instrumental in illustrating how faster, more secure, more transparent global payments could…

Global macro finds itself at a crossroads. The last job report left investors scratching their heads due to the mixed picture it painted but yesterday’s higher than expected inflation print likely confirmed that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week.

This week, we sit down with Venture Capitalist and Fintech consultant Kimberly Ofori to discuss the concept of Camels (slow and sustainable companies) versus Unicorns (fast and disruptive companies) in the fintech landscape, and why camels are gaining more attention in 2024.

The expectation of easier monetary policy in the United States has led investors away from the Greenback and has pushed the euro, pound, and yen to yearly highs. Speculators are now simultaneously bullish on all three currencies for the first time since early 2021.

This week we’re joined by Thomas Mueller and Fatemeh Nikayin, co-founders of Rivero, a SaaS platform focusing on modernizing the most challenging aspects of payment operations (PayOps), including fraud recovery, scheme compliance, and dispute management.