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...But, of course, there’s a reason why it’s widely called Shitibank; the sprawling, gormless Citi has for a v v v very long time proven adept at blithely ambling onto various rakes around the world....
...They swipe their badge so they get the kind of credit for being in the office that day....
...Leave your credit card in your wallet, don’t go near an ATM, and come armed with US dollars in cash that you can change into pesos on the ground. Not just any dollars, crisp $100 dollar bills....
...of them over credit card fees....
...He said (inaudible) a card game, which is basically a maths game. I heard you’re good at maths. You should enter that game and if you win you can get a job in. And that’s what I did....
...Miller or his corporate Christmas cards for Tiffany & Co, Warhol’s fabrics were not designed to sell or promote anything; they were pure design....
...Thank you all for your emails and thoughts, and as ever, you can reach out to me at sid.v@ft.com. Happy reading, a merry Christmas and a happy new year!...
...“And then, you know, the whole world of visas and green cards and passports, it’s complicated,” he continued....
...The journey from 19th century “tallymen”, who provided credit to working-class housewives, to modern day automated credit cards and “buy now, pay later” apps is a long and winding one....
...CZ wants to see your crypto cards. Ballachulish: We should always be careful with the F word....
...There has been a proliferation of companies targeting consumers, ranging from offering wooden credit cards to tracking the carbon intensity of their spending....
...You can reach me at sid.v@ft.com. Happy reading!...
...Then I discovered these phone holders that you can also put your credit cards and AirPods in on a strap that you wear across your chest. I am now a hands-free phone person – it has simplified my life....
...A similar debate is growing around the buy now, pay later sector — which offers interest-free, short-term credit....
...“Card schemes already enable credit cards issued in one market to be used with merchants located in another market,” while fintechs, governments and central banks are also pursuing cross-border networks,...
...I had good credit and premium cards in India, but I had to start from scratch because I had zero credit here. That’s the driving motivation....
...(Lilah laughs) It’s like Act V, Macbeth, and nothing good happens in Act V of Macbeth....
...The launch of Apple Pay Later in the US last month marked another push into financial services by the Silicon Valley company — which already offers a credit card with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard....
...We’ve started off focused on cards because the economics of commercial card payments make a lot of sense....
...The bank’s current business model is a far cry from the original plan for a monoline credit card company, following the model of Capital One in the US....
...Email me at sid.v@ft.com. Reach Imani at imani.moise@ft.com. PS I’ll be interviewing Jonas Templestein, the co-founder of Monzo Bank, at the FT Future of Finance summit on June 16-17....
...As always, reach out to us at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com with thoughts and topics....
...Let us know what you think at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. A programming note: FintechFT will take a one-week break in observance of the Easter holiday. The next issue will be April 25....
...A paper released earlier this month, which studied BNPL spending on credit cards, is likely to add fuel to the fire....
...As ever, reach out to us with your thoughts (imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com). Thanks, and happy reading....
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