This week’s main blog discussions include …
Should you have ‘bank’ in your brand?
The Financial Brand published an interesting piece challenging the use of the word bank in a brand. It got me thinking, and agreeing with their summation, which is yes. Sure, you can have Chime, Chase, Citizens and Truist, but is that the right thing. In …
What do banks need to do to deal with FinTech?
I picked up an article talking about 16 Ways Banks Will Need To Change To Survive Advances In Fintech in Forbes. It’s a survey of an expert panel that cites that banks must do the following action points: Become Nimble And Decentralized Incentivize Culture Change Combine …
I am sometimes a Luddite. Today is that day. I woke up and found that a payment was made via a direct debit for a service I no longer use. It’s an annual payment, and I’d forgotten to cancel it. It was for $500. I …
I talk a lot about libertarian versus statist views in the context of cryptocurrencies. We talk a lot
about decentralised finance versus central bank finance in the context of CBDCs and such like. In general, many are discussing democratisation through decentralisation versus centralisation through control. …
The silliness of today’s work: what is your job title?
I find myself bemused by job titles these days. When I was a lad, it was Managing Director, Director and Manager. Now it’s Chief this and Chief that and Head of this and Head of that. So, I checked out the job titles that do …
This week’s main headlines include …
- UK reaches milestone of 5 million open banking users
- Binance access to UK payments network worries City watchdog
- British authorities just seized NFTs for the first time, in a £1.4 million fraud probe
- NYSE moves closer to NFT trading with trademark application
- The Kids are…all investing in crypto
- FBI to form digital currency unit, Justice Dept taps new crypto czar
- JPMorgan Opens A Bank Branch In The Metaverse
- BBVA to Invest $300 Million in Brazilian Digital Bank Neon
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...