817. News: Elon Musk's X Announce Peer-to-Peer Payments

Our expert hosts, David Barton-Grimley and Rachel Pandyan, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, finance and banking news from the past week.

From Elon Musk's 'everything app' to the SEC's bitcoin ETF approvals, via Revolut biometrics data lawsuit, it's been quite a week in the world of fintech, and we have you covered with expert reaction, analysis and insight.

This week's guests include:

• Nirav Patel, CEO at Andaria Financial Services
• Jason Mikula, Founder of Fintech Business Weekly

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

• X, formerly Twitter, announce peer-to-peer payments in 2024
• [Embedded finance firm Andaria partner with Mastercard](Embedded finance firm Andaria to partner with Mastercard)
• Revolut face class action lawsuit over biometric data collection
• Barclays and Santander slash rates as UK mortgages get cheaper
• The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) approve new bitcoin Exchange-Traded Products (ETFs)
• China's Ant Group eye up $200m acquisition of Dutch fintech MultiSafePay
• Pothole insurance claims reach record highs

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Special Guest: Jason Mikula.