Ep. 178. News: Always look on the bright side...

In today's show the team take on: whether Brexit really is more of an opportunity than a threat to fintech, as the MP involved seems to believe, your weekly dose of Open Banking insight, plus special mention of Credit Ladder's new use case for open banking, and the stepping down of Anthony Thomson, Chairman of Atom Bank.

They also discuss the Gaurdian's story that 7 in 10 UK workers are “chronically broke”, and why that could be and are people just missing opportunities to save? Opinions are divided on this highly contested topic. Meanwhile in the US millennials are seemingly more financially secure that we thought. Simon takes on Robinhood's cryptotrading and its appeal to the millennial market, could it be using crypto as a way of luring users into their app to make other more traditional trades and investments?

We speak also speak to PensionBee CEO Romi Savova about HER open letter to Aegon, accusing them of bullying and preventing users from transitioning out of Aegon into PensionBee.

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Special Guests: Caroline Plumb, Charlie Wood, and Romi Savova.

Links:

• The MP who heads Parliament's fintech group says Brexit is 'more of an opportunity than a threat'
• ‘I wouldn’t use open banking’, say three in four Moneywise users
• Open Banking makes its debut in the rental market following new CreditLadder launch
• Anthony Thomson to step down from Atom
• Fintech PensionBee hits out at “corporate bully” Aegon - AltFi News
• Dear Mr. Grace your arduous pension transfer approach is out of line
• Seven in 10 UK workers are 'chronically broke', study finds
• Millennials with savings of $100,000 or more are on the rise
• Robinhood adds zero-fee cryptocurrency trading and tracking
• U.S. banks’ Venmo alternative, Zelle, moved $75B last year, says 100,000 people enroll daily | TechCrunch
• ABN AMRO : Tikkie success reaches 2 million users
• Bitcoin news: Arsenal signs cryptocurrency deal in world first | City & Business | Finance | Express.co.uk