This week’s main blogs include …
Another view: any start-up that challenges a bank will fail
We talk a lot these days about neobanks, challenger banks, bank disrupters, bank disintermediation, banks will fail and such like. I have a contrarian view, for a change, and believe that any start-up that challenges a bank will fail. As I say, it’s a contrarian …
bitcoin is dead, long live bitcoin!
I’ve not talked much about bitcoin on the blog lately, but I have tweeted a lot about it. The key take-away? It’s not going away. People have said bitcoin is dead thousands of times. In fact, there’s a website dedicated to the subject, tracking and …
The world according to Jamie Dimon
I read Jamie Dimon’s shareholder letter with interest this week. His message does not read like a shareholder letter from a banker … Banks “are facing extensive competition from Silicon Valley, both in the form of fintechs and Big Tech companies (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, …
What, why and how do you value something … and where do you keep it?
Welcome to the World of Next A few years ago, a friend of mine had an idea. It was to create a digital exchange between anything that anyone believed was of value. You may value USD, €, CN¥ or other currencies. Equally you may value …
I blogged the other day about a $3 trillion spending spree, that I just didn’t see happening. The points I made were: it is the higher income families who have been most comfortable during this lockdown, along with essential workers who have seen no change …
The future of payments: free research by Deutsche Bank (includes crypto, bitcoin and more)
Last year, I blogged about the view of Deutsche Bank regarding the future of payments. They produced three reports: Part I: Cash: The Dinosaur Will Survive… For Now Part II: Moving To Digital Wallets And The Extinction Of Plastic Cards Part III: Digital Currencies: The …
This week's main headlines include ... (via Citadel Advantage)
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Banks & Credit Unions
- Citi hires FinCEN chief to lead compliance in bank's new unit
- The Most Popular Mobile Banking Trends In 2021
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Fintech
- Fintech Investments in Banking
- Fintech Chatbots: How AI Chatbots Play A Role In The Fintech Industry
- Eye on fintech: Why the mobile-first banking industry is hot
Payments
- Five Banks To Test FedNow Instant Payments System
- Buy now, pay later moves into professional services
- 6 Payments trends for 2021
Cybersecurity
- How to fix the top 5 cybersecurity vulnerabilities
- After digital payments rush, time to tighten security
- Evolving Cybercrime and Security Challenges: What are CISOs Thinking About?
- When Cybercrime Went from Fun to Financially Driven
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Artificial Intelligence
- Here's What AI Will Never Be Able to Do
- A Scientist Taught AI to Generate Pickup Lines. The Results are Chaotic.
- Sorry, Cannot Understand the Language. Wait Chatbots can
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Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...
