This week’s main blog discussions include … How AI will impact your business Some people may think McKinsey are a dark force, but their research is pretty good. In the latest white paper, they summarise what is happening with AI and GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) and, with all the buzz around ChatGPT and BankGPT, the…
The main blog discussions this week include … The relationship between banking, fintech and the Titanic I hesitate to write this, as it is controversial. But then I am not afraid to confront controversy. After the tragic implosion of Titan, the OceanGate submersible submarine that was doing the deep dive to the Titanic … ……
This week’s main blog discussions include … Dame Alison Rose on creating a purpose-driven bank (NatWest) I stumbled upon a podcast the other day. It intrigued me as it’s all about building a blueprint for a better business and, in episode 2, the host – Charles Wookey (nothing to do with Star Wars) – had managed…
This week’s main blog discussions include … Make my money matter … an interview with Richard Curtis I spotted an interview with Richard Curtis the other day about his campaign to change how pensions funds invest. The campaign is called Make my money matter and asks institutional investors, pension funds and banks to ensure that…
This week’s main blog discussions include … How to regulate AI? European Union and United States diplomats are meeting today, for the fourth time, to work out how to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). The EU Commission expects agreement in the European Union this year on the first AI law, in what some see as a…
This week’s main blog discussions include … Some challenger banks are challenged I’ve written quite a lot about Revolut and Monzo, as well as many other challenger banks. Now, as we hit hard times with rising inflation, interest rates and a recession looming in so many markets what’s the state of the fintech nation? Well, it’s challenging…
This week’s main blog discussions include … Decentralised versus centralised On the one hand we want order and control; on the other, we don’t want to be ordered or controlled. We want governance, but we don’t want to be governed. We appreciate structure, but we don’t want to have that structure tell us what to…
This week’s main blog discussions include … The issue with DeFi I’ve had this thing about decentralised finance for some time. The reason? Libertarians say that we can now have money without government. From my side, I argue that’s wrong. You can’t have money without government. The question is: who is the government? You cannot…
