I am moving to @GibranArmijo, as I get tagged incorrectly for quotes from Gibran Khalil Gibran (famous Lebanese-American writer, poet, visual artist) and Gibran Ramirez (Mexican politician)

"Many analysts believe Zuckerberg wants to create a U.S. version of the Chinese service WeChat, which combines social networking, messaging and payments in a single app. Libra would take Facebook a step closer to that end." lnkd.in/d5RkKHv

"The Italian Banking Association (ABI) ... will be using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to run its reconciliations" lnkd.in/d6supT5 lnkd.in/dTUEN3C

15 Crowdfunding FinTech Startups for Socially Conscious Investors lnkd.in/dURs6hE

Interesting "Robo-advisors, unfulfilled promises" lnkd.in/dAfYkiz

[email protected]: Stop banks funding fossil fuel firms - chng.it/hXzdVht2 via @ChangeGER

look Nadeem Ahmed Qureshi, Jesly Jose "BBVA recruits with a datathon" (thanks @cestpasmonidee for sharing) lnkd.in/dg6CAME

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;D ... as always, @tomfishburne is spot-on lnkd.in/dSrF65M

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Nice short read... lnkd.in/d-zVdqh

Great talk by Starling Bank's Jason Maude #cloudbanking lnkd.in/dyPAPqg

Nice forward-vision from ROB BROWN for BBVA as "a digital company... operating in a decentralised global economy", with a model closer to Netflix and Amazon vs. Facebook or Google simply due to the variations of local/regional regu…lnkd.in/dQNufFY lnkd.in/dyH6tMg

I see the point Chris Skinner makes, but disagree on the generalization: when done properly (and with no unrealistic sales-targets or bonuses tied-in) advice is still helpful and welcome, especially when all automated/digitalized m…lnkd.in/dPDUfts lnkd.in/dnmM5fp

Good read, by @ctrlzee lnkd.in/dh5JDAK

I really liked this quote from Vlad Savov @The Verge "Apple, on a quest to digitize the credit card and reduce it to a piece of software running on an iPhone, has created the most desirable and striking credit card I’ve yet come ac…lnkd.in/d27E5KG lnkd.in/dqPNvtQ

So, rumors were right: Apple Card + Mastercard + Goldman Sachs, an "iPhone first" card + PFM features + Apple Pay + Wallet + ... lnkd.in/eqysucC

This is spot-on! Thanks @hairyelefante for pointing it out in such a straight-forward way, it made me re-think harder some strategies based on "utility&convenience" but not clear enough empowerment... lnkd.in/d8hpsuD