Welcome to The Finanser, the portal to the knowledge base of the Financial Services Club, chaired by Chris Skinner. To make an enquiry about a speaking engagement, just contact us and, if you are interested in Chris Skinner as a speaker, here’s an illustration of his keynote presentations …
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I was on a call the other day and Nick Ogden, serial entrepreneur, made the comment that the pandemic had been like a digital enema for the world. This town needs an enema! True. The digitalisation impact of coronavirus is unquantified for the future, but …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include … Google to offer co-branded accounts with eight US banks Difficult second decade ahead for Metro Bank Private banker to Trump and Jared Kushner under investigation by Deutsche Bank HSBC is biggest loser in never-ending US-China global power play | …
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It seems my Karaoke Challenge is proving successful so far, with many readers asking me to cover a song they think would be funny with my quirky twist. Whilst I’m getting all of these requests, I’ll keep up my feeble attempts to entertain until I’m …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include … Bakery manager sacked for using own bank card to help elderly customers blocked from paying with cash Lloyds bank manager ‘sacked for helping customer open mail’ Monzo’s losses double as popular UK digital bank warns of pandemic uncertainty Canary …
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The main blog headlines are … What’s the impact of coronavirus on FinTech? Someone asked me what the coronavirus pandemic means for the future of FinTech. I guess they thought that not much is happening and many firms will shutter and close. However, some may …
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Someone asked me what the coronavirus pandemic means for the future of FinTech. I guess they thought that not much is happening and many firms will shutter and close. However, some may think that times are dull and boring, locked in at home and nothing …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include: Lloyds bank reports loss after setting aside £2.4bn Lloyds reviews use of office space amid homeworking trend Schroders takes crown of UK’s largest listed fund manager Bridgewater faces losses and a lawsuit Five key moments from the big tech grilling …
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A great headline posted in The Financial Times the other day: When the banks closed in Wuhan, nobody cared The Financial Times article makes clear how advanced the Chinese economy is today. For several months this year, banks across Hubei province, an area home to …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include … Barclays: We want our people back in the office FCA raps brokers over ‘inappropriate’ use of clients’ assets Barclays profits plunge as it puts aside £1.6bn for Covid-19 defaults Federal Reserve warns of continuing need to protect US economy …
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I’ve grown up in a period of strong political stability. I’ve been lucky. Many other people grew up in a period of strong political instability, with war and famine and economic starvation. I realise I’ve been lucky because I’m now looking at lockdown, China-US trade …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include … Man buys Lamborghini after getting nearly $4m in coronavirus loans, authorities say European banking needs a Big Bang TransferWise valued at $5bn in secondary share sale Will coronavirus mean the demise of banknotes? | Howard Davies Google commits to …
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I was having a chat with someone the other day and lamenting the loss of open travel. My job was reliant on travel, going to conferences worldwide as a keynote speaker. Locked up at home: (a) how am I going to generate keynotes at conferences …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include … Where the founders of Europe’s top 10 digital banks began their careers Deutsche Bank’s pay predicament is a bad omen for rivals. Tumble weeds in finance hubs Not for the faint of heart, is it time to buy bank …
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One of my readers enjoyed my Karaoke so much that he challenged me to attempt Jaja Ding Dong. If you don’t know the song, it’s the amazing #singalongaferrell in the hilarious film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. If you haven’t seen this …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include … Goldman Sachs’ guide to the best and worst perfoming banks in Q2 Hong Kong launches share index of technology giants NatWest customers say accounts were closed after they applied for coronavirus loans The Guardian view on a wealth tax: …
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The main blog headlines are … The FinTech Karaoke Challenge OK, OK, OK. I know that some of my friends have been doing FinTech and Banking songs for a while, and I’ve avoided it. I’ve also avoided doing much video, as I don’t like seeing …
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I stumbled across a great article about Brazilian neobanks the other day. Bearing in mind that Nubank is the most successful neobank in the world, with 25 million users at the start of June. As a result, when I saw a great article about banks …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include … Ex-Barclays banker’s sexist comments about Amanda Staveley released Ant Group announces plans to list in Shanghai and Hong Kong Banks lose out to capital markets when it comes to credit provision A shift from paper to virtual cash will …
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I’ve seen a few big deals signed this month to get banks onto the cloud, such as National Australia Bank (NAB) switching to Microsoft’s Azure, and Deutsche Bank moving to the Google Cloud. McKinsey expect that cloud usage will rise from less than a quarter of …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include: JPMorgan private bank managed at least $10million for Ghislaine Maxwell Should you leave your banking tech job for AWS? One in 10 born in 1980s to inherit more than half average lifetime earnings How strong are Britain and China’s economic …
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Well, I’m actually not. But there are a few out there and they’ve ganged together to create Millionaires for Humanity. The aim of this group is to get governments to tax them more. High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) and Ultra High Net Work Individauls (UHNWI) …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include: BNP Paribas fund arm braces for ‘mother of all recessions’ UK is in a V-shaped recovery, says Bank of England economist How deep are Britain and China’s economic ties? Robinhood cancels UK launch of its investment app UBS chief hits …
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I blog regularly about what a fanboy I am of Chinese technology giants Alibaba and Tencent. It’s getting a bit ridiculous now however, when payments companies are designing payments for cats and dogs … or maybe it’s not … it’s just an extension of technologies …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include: Big banks look to the cloud to accelerate digital shift Global banks scrutinise their Hong Kong clients for pro-democracy ties Klarna: We tightened our lending in lockdown RBS tells its staff to carry on working from home until next year …
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OK, OK, OK. I know that some of my friends have been doing FinTech and Banking songs for a while, and I’ve avoided it. I’ve also avoided doing much video, as I don’t like seeing myself on camera. And I don’t sing, except in the …
Read More »Things we’re reading today include … Royal Bank of Scotland to change name to NatWest next week America’s banks batten down the hatches as pandemic takes its toll The U.S. investment banks that won and lost during COVID-19 Britain faces Credit Crunch II: Banks warn …
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The main blog headlines are … What you really, really want is money (that’s what I want) I’ve written quite a few times about how economies work and the role of money as power. In particular, money is not just power but status, and leads …
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I’ve written quite a few times about how economies work and the role of money as power. In particular, money is not just power but status, and leads to attractiveness, and the ability to get someone above your league in looks. I’ve likened it to …
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