jimbob

Payments Nerd in London with heavy focus on analysis.

[jimbob @jimbob]

Payments Trends UK: Buses, restaurants and UK Gov tax drive switch to cards. #payments #contactless #cardspayments

[OpenSSF @openssf]

GUAC has joined the OpenSSF as an Incubating Project 🎉 GUAC is an open source supply chain security project that provides dependency management and actionable insights into the security of software supply chains. Read the announcement: https://t.co/IrJQwyZQpN
#OSSSecurity

[Jeff Davies, the Energy OG @EnergyCredit1]

$TWTR capital structure thread 🧵

Elon had commitments for $13 billion in credit facilities to help finance the Twitter buyout

They are shown here. $12.5 billion was likely funded at close with undrawn $500mil revolver

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[Thinkst Canary @ThinkstCanary]

If you want some light(ish) reading (that doesn't mention Log4J at all) @JacobTorrey has released our Q4-Research-Roundup at https://t.co/4noer7cXsw

It's free, non-paywalled, covers over 300 confs and is a great read/listen.

You can also (finally) subscribe to future releases.

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

“My child is fine”
Sir, your child started a ponzi scheme at age 15

[jimbob @jimbob]

@TriathlonEurope @PaySAFE @askmindbody @SimonPaysafe @TradeStandards @KatieMorley_ @MoneySavingExp @BBCWatchdog @NSay_Paysafe I don’t work for Paysafe but it is common to have chargebacks coming in groups I’m afraid. DM me if you need any other help.

[Julian Colls @JulianColls]

What a month we are having at Form3!

[jimbob @jimbob]

@jp_koning Your point is possibly not about Europe but Transferwise do have access direct to central bank payments, but this is not universal and is not available in all countries in the EU. There is more to do.

[jimbob @jimbob]

@creditplumber @Alea_ According to this Law Commission report, customers have protection for debit and credit, just not on a statutory basis.
https://t.co/QovrROsD2h

[jimbob @jimbob]

Airlines to launch payments system to rival credit card groups via @FT
https://t.co/Qe4HF5FfUO

[jimbob @jimbob]

“Don’t say we already do GDPR” https://t.co/LxqdyT2PLf

[Stefan Becket @becket]

Photo of Zuck's notes, by AP's @andyharnik

[jimbob @jimbob]

China opens access to payments market. With a USD 15,798,000 pay-in capital requirement who wouldn't want a license. Thanks to Vincent Wang for the summary on license conditions.
https://t.co/qoVxx6DAXG

[Visa Security @VisaSecurity]

Visa's Mobile Location Confirmation allows mobile geo-location data to match the location of Visa transactions with that of your mobile device. Opt in thru your card issuer or learn more here: https://t.co/FD2sC9ms7x

[John Paul Koning @jp_koning]

Average amount of paper euros held in wallets.

From the new ECB study: "The use of cash by households in the euro area" https://t.co/Te0FTmazJO

[jimbob @jimbob]

@noyesclt Think link has an issue: https://t.co/lwsdxnHg7Z

[Rachel Thomas @math_rachel]

Many ppl in ML want to convince you:
1. They've solved ML: Buy their API
2. ML is too hard + exclusive for you

https://t.co/GpJwknzfJH

[jimbob @jimbob]

@bankofengland a recent survey stated "Four in ten adults have less than £500 in savings" what can BofE do to fix this?

[Kristo Käärmann @kaarmann]

Paypal increases currency exchange fees from 2.5% to 3%. That's in addition to 4% hidden fees in the rate markup.
https://t.co/1GlrqJcQch

[Dave Maddox @thinkpayments]

$Mastercard and $Visa Agree to Share Tokenization Credentials https://t.co/v9klV5Q6XA

[jimbob @jimbob]

Shaws, makers of polling booth pencils. Now owned by electoral reform services. Great story FT

[jimbob @jimbob]

Brexit odds increasing. Currently circa 30% up from 25% on Monday. #brexit #BetfairPredicts https://t.co/uiI2tJNgZo