This week’s main blog discussions include …
You are ALL no better than the cleaner
I watch the world and comment. Maybe I shouldn’t. This blog began as a blog about finance and technology and I rarely want to leave that space. But lockdown, the pandemic and more has made it more of a commentary on life and the world …
China’s drive to reduce poverty
It’s a bank holiday weekend, and I would normally switch off. But no. Like so many of us, I’m still watching the news, keeping up-to-speed on twitter and facebook, scanning my emails and getting links. One link led me to a documentary on YouTube. It …
Are most ESG efforts just PR stunts?
I wrote two years ago about the BS that Blackrock talk about the climate. I mentioned this issue again in my update on the Money Rebellion last week and what really makes me angry is that financial firms like Blackrock sign up to global agreements …
The climate activists of Extinction Rebellion expanded recently into a Money Rebellion, as I blogged about last Friday. Targetting the banks that pollute the planet – specifically Barclays and HSBC in the UK – they will hold a range of protests today, gluing themselves with …
We are witnessing a major change – did you notice?
I don’t know how your life has changed in the last year, but I realised how much mine had when I woke up this morning and thought must go and buy dog food. A year ago, I didn’t have a dog and my first thought …
This week's main headlines (via Citadel Advantage):
- DevOps Essential for Digital Innovation in Banking & Financial Services
- Kaspersky spots CIA malware with backdoor capabilities
- WhatsApp Delays Privacy Policy Changes After Confusion Backlash
- Implementing AI in Your Business: What Business Leaders Need to Know
- What happens if threat data isn't shared?
- Undergraduates explore practical applications of artificial intelligence
- UK tools up against China’s intel gathering
- Types of Artificial Intelligence – Weak, Strong and Super AI
- Warning: ‘Hundreds Of Millions At Risk’ From 12-Year-Old Vulnerabilities Lying Deep In Dell PCs
- Combining Three Pillars Of Cybersecurity
- Ransomware is now a national security risk. This group thinks it knows how to defeat it
- Cybersecurity Ignorance Is Dangerous
- 10 Types of Malware in 2021 and How to Spot Them
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...
