This week’s blog discussions included …
Everyone is lying to you about money
I just discovered that Ben McKenzie is taking the cryptocurrency industry head-on. Many of you will remember Ben from The O.C. but he’s now a little bit more serious. In fact, he wrote a book: Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud. Oh! That sounds a bit challenging, but why would an actor become an anti-crypto…
Reflections on money: a powerful servant, but a terrible master
I’m not big on theology but did stumble across Mammon the other day and am surprised I didn’t know more about this ancient character. He appears in the Bible quite often, and Jesus makes clear that ‘you cannot serve both God and Mammon (Matt 6.24 as well as Luke 16.9, 11 and 13). Mammon promotes the ‘deceitfulness of wealth’…
It’s the AI’s fault … urmm, no it’s not
I was wondering today what would happen if my AI tool sent money to a third party and it was fraudulent. Who would be liable? So, I did a bit of research to find the answer and here it is. The general rule is that it’s your fault, as it’s not the AI that made…
The Next Revolution Is Not Digital. It Is Intelligent.
I gave a keynote this week about my new book called The Intelligent Bank, which is offically launching next week in China! Walking off stage afterwards I realised something quite important: we are no longer debating the future of banking. We are living through it. The problem is that many banks still think the conversation…
There are a number of themes that shape our view of the world. For me, Star Trek and Star Wars and lots of other sci-fi. I love visions of the future from Metropolis to Minority Report. There are others that are meant to frighten us too, such as Alien, The Terminator and Ex Machina. We…
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...