It’s the weekend, which means it’s time to catch up on recent FinTech news and reading:
FinTech with their Tea: British tech start-ups take a financial bent. Is London becoming Europe’s hub for financial tech startups? (The New York Times)
Adventures of an Upstart Currency: Bitcoin under pressure from its own success? (The Economist)
Earth Defender: Play a video game, help the Pentagon defend our economy from a cyber attack. (Wired)
JPMorgan wants a Bit of the Action: The global bank files a patent for an online payments system that sounds a lot like Bitcoin. (The Economist)
Robocalypse: Still a while before the Terminator reaches the trading floor, but Google is getting into the robotics game, giving Amazon a run for its money. (The New York Times)
More than Eye Candy: Big-data visualization is worth a thousand spreadsheets. (Forbes)
Euro Skeptics: The European Banking Authority warns about Bitcoins. (European Banking Authority on Finextra)
Payments in India: Mobile payments are spreading among India’s poor. (The New York Times)
Big Data Boss: Big data replacing HR? How some companies are tracking employee behavior to build a more efficient workplace. (The Atlantic)
Data Mining: Dataminr is harnessing the power of Twitter to deliver market news in near-real time. (Institutional Investor)
Startups as College: Has entrepreneurship become too commoditized? (PandoDaily)
Bitcoin Security: A Tokyo–based startup creates a “Know Your Customer” service for Bitcoin users. (Wired)
