This week’s main blog discussions include …
I just woke up to my cancelled culture
Growing up, my brother used to try hard to persuade me to attend The Motor Show. He is a petrolhead and the show would be the highlight of his year. I went once. My lasting memory is almost every stand had women who were dressed …
Have you heard of the human library?
I stumbled across the human library the other day. I’d never heard of it, but the idea is that instead of borrowing a book, you borrow a human and listen to their life story. It’s a conversation over a table, and you learn how they …
Could bitcoin destabilise the dollar?
I was thinking about cryptocurrencies and the fact that most of us have heard of bitcoin and Ethereum. You may have heard of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu. Maybe you even know Cordana and Polygon. But do you know about UNI and Potcoin? Or Putincoin and …
We need same-day financial firms
I’ve been writing about banks needing to refresh core systems for years. and I’m fed up with it. I’ve also been writing about the new business model of digital banking based upon apps, APIs and analytics for years, and I’m fed up with it. We …
Would you like to attend the launch of ‘Digital for Good’?
Chris Skinner, best-selling author of Digital Bank, Digital Human and Doing Digital, has just released his latest book Digital for Good, and it is now available on Amazon. The book will be officially launched at CFTE on June 6, Canary Wharf, London (if you want to attend, sign up here). …
This week's main news headlines include ...
- More than $200 billion erased from entire crypto market in a day as sell-off intensifies
- Regulators are getting nervous about stablecoins after Terra’s stunning collapse
- Terra’s Crypto Meltdown Was Inevitable
- Santander has so far moved 80% of IT infrastructure to cloud
- How Revolut won over one in three bank users in Ireland
- Crypto forensics startup Chainalysis raises $170M at $8.6B valuation
- FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Buys 7.6% Stake in Robinhood
- Switzerland Has Minted 9 Fintech Unicorns So Far
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...
