New theme
Fintech and digital payments
Not on the starting list: Claude named it and a second pass merged look-alike labels into it.
- Episodes
- 9
- Share
- 0.9%
- Shows
- 8
- Net sentiment
- +0.67
Up from 0.5% of episodes in the weeks before; net sentiment was +0.80.
Bullish 7Mixed 1Neutral 0Bearish 1
2 weeks
Share of each week's episodes, and net sentiment.
0%2%4%
Sep 21Sep 28
Net sentiment
−10+1
Sep 21Sep 28
The episodes behind it
Why each one was bullish, bearish or in between. Most time on the theme first.
Bullish 7
- Nubank's low-cost digital model is portrayed as structurally disrupting incumbent banks, with strong growth and profits.Coming to America: David Vélez and Nubank · Colossus Magazine · Oct 3
- Nubank's cost advantages and rapid customer growth show digital challengers can beat entrenched incumbent banks.Coming to America: David Vélez and Nubank · Colossus Magazine · Oct 3
- Cashless adoption and contactless payments expanding globally, with Mastercard bringing unbanked users into the system.Would You Let AI Buy Your Flights? Mastercard’s Bet on Agentic Commerce | Next to Lead · Next to Lead · Sep 30
- Seven-day settlement and zero-fee off-ramps are seen as likely to become the default.OCC Bank Charters Will Usher Stablecoin Adoption Wave · Tokenized · Sep 28
- Robinhood's 24-7 trading, perps and prediction markets expand its product reach and distribution advantage.ROLLUP: Uptober Green Light? | Robinhood Goes All-In | $400M Bitget Hack | Prediction Markets to SCOTUS · Bankless · Oct 2
- Blockchain settlement could speed cross-border payments that currently take days.Are Banks Already Too Late?💰Martin Masser INTERVIEW🏛️ChangeNOW · The Paul Barron Crypto Show · Sep 30
Around it
Companies named
Shows that covered it most
- Colossus Magazine2
- Tokenized1
- The Payments Trilogue1
- Next to Lead1
- The Paul Barron Crypto Show1
- The Reboot Chronicles with Dean DeBiase1
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