Post by Radek Zaleski

Someone wrote on Twitter recently that while everyone’s focusing on web3, there are people out there already creating web4. And I couldn’t agree more, it’s those forward-thinkers who keep us innovating. 🔥🔥  Here come my today’s highlights: 🔘 Worldpay to offer merchants direct settlement in USDC, nice Nabil Manji,  🔘 HSBC launches metaverse investment fund, cool Lina Lim,  🔘 Binance.US is valued at $4.5 billion in $200 million seed round, congrats Brian Shroder,  🔘 Unicorn Qonto turns to the crowd, partners with Crowdcube to open up ownership, congrats Alexandre Prot,  🔘 PayPal’s new credit card pays 3% cashback on all PayPal purchases, 👏Susan Schmidt. For your afternoon (or late night) lecture, I recommend a great interview with Crystal Hanna, MBA run by our Nat Chrzanowska about how tech-savvy customers change ING’s wealth management services. So if you wonder what the expectations of customers for Wealth Management (Netflix can be a clue here) are, check Reader’s Corner. #theinnovationbrief #banking #innovation #fintech #retail #payments #newsletter #financialservices #digitalaccelaration #bnpl #digitalpayments