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Better late than never. Looks like that's the thinking over at JPMorgan. For the very first time in its 222 year history, the banking giant has decided to open its first international expansion. So with a big jump "across the pond," JPM is set to launch its new digital bank...... Chase..... in the UK next week. The official announcement is expected next Tuesday (28th).

Financial advisors are doing deals, strengthening their technology offerings and battening down the cybersecurity hatches. 

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The deal size is back thru the roof in this week's current edition. We saw a slight drop off last week, but apparently that was an anomaly due to Rosh Hashanah and the Labor Day weekend before that. This week, the deals are back in scale, and more over the $100M total than we can post here.

Financial institutions continue to target fintechs on their radar, but one global investment bank is getting the wrong kind of attention for its upcoming deal. Companies are trying to differentiate themselves in the buy now pay later pool. The deal pipeline is filling with M&A, SPACs and IPOs, and crypto trading is all the rage. 

Actions by the Commission that include slow-walking certain fintech-related qualifications, including its sheer unwillingness to approve a cryptocurrency ETF, are just the tip of the iceberg. The latest threats by the SEC to sue cryptocurrency exchanges and its allusions to banning fintech revenue models altogether should have every American deeply concerned – especially when suggestions of such bans come just weeks following an IPO effective date.

Cybersecurity is a critical function at any wealth management firm, and at a firm as large as Advisor Group, with six subsidiary firms and well over 10,000 financial advisors nationwide, protecting sensitive or confidential data is no small task.

Greetings Fintech Friends! We're back at it this full week with all the news you can use in the digital wealth sector, including recent VC deals, advisor tech happenings and an interview with Sabrina Bailey of the London Stock Exchange plus more. Read up!

Trading Summary Notes for Tuesday, 9/14/21: Oh, just your every so often "flash crash" in BITCOIN, ETH and the crypto sector (again? Yawn).....BITCOIN dropped to the low $40K area.

It’s no secret the discipline of wealth management has moved toward building relationships, understanding client goals, and the kind of work that generations past might have dismissed as “soft skills.”