Fin and Tech is like Father and Son
I find it interesting when you look at the Fintech start-up scene and the hotbed of interest now in the blockchain. There are 100s of companies attempting to do something in these areas, and it amuses me that my Beer and Bordeaux clash is even more notable in this emerging ecosystem. First, you have the…
#Blockchain? It’s complicated
We had a great debate at the Financial Services Club last night between digital money sage Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion, and all things bitcoin master Jon Matonis. The debate was about whether blockchain is faster and cheaper, and it was clear from the start that this was going to be difficult as the question…
Who’s got the biggest (#Fintech economy)?
So as I travel around these global conferences, startup challenges and Fintech daze, I often get asked: what does it take to be a Fintech centre? This is because everyone wants to be one now that they’ve seen the buzz around the market. London has vied to be that centre for some time, with Boris and…
How do you spot a successful start-up?
Talking of start-ups, I’m often asked: how do you spot a successful start-up? Not sure why they ask me, as I haven’t started a start-up, but I guess it’s because I’m seeing 100s of start-ups out there. For example, there were 800 contenders on the shortlist for the Fintech50 this year, and that’s just the…
The start-up economy
I seem to find myself travelling all over talking about innovation and meeting start-ups. It’s the start-up economy, and there’s probably been no better time to be young, hopeful and visionary. Thinking back to my younger days, leaving university, the idea of creating my own company was unheard of. Everyone was encouraged to get a…
Augmenting finance is far more interesting than disrupting it
I had a realisation this week. The realisation is that banks have always been hot on technology and innovation. If you don’t think so, then just checkout this blog from April 2008 – eight years ago – where I talk about the rise of innovation in banking. The context was talking about how banks had created a…
Eventually everything will become a bank
I just had an interesting discussion with a banking colleague who has been investing in start-ups. He said that many of the firms begin with a belief that they will succeed because they are not a bank. A business strategy based upon attracting consumers by not being a bank, is not sustainable. Once they find…
The best free research papers on #Fintech and #Blockchain
There’s been a large number of white papers produced recently about Fintech and Blockchain, so I decided to collate the most notable ones here. All links are to file downloads and if I’ve missed any, please let me know. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (9 pages, October 2008) The origins of the whole thing in…
A Kaleidoscope of #Fintech [Infographic]
I don’t get to use the word Kaleidoscope often, so finding this excellent Infographic that includes me and a few friends, gives me the chance to throw it into the blog for a change. After all, this Infographic provides a veritable Kaleidoscope of Fintech. As we all know, Fintech is everywhere. Spanning everything from payments,…
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