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The Finanser’s Week: 13th June – 19th June 2016
This week’s news was a summary of the White House Fintech Summit that took place in Washington on June 10. America’s banking regulations strangle innovations I was asked the question the other day as to why there is no new digital bank start-up in the USA … America’s regulations are not the problem I received…

The Finanser’s Week: 6th June – 12th June 2016
Our main stories of this week includes … Digital is all about the people I got caught up in a conversation about building a new digital bank the other day, and being asked how I would organise the project. I’m a simple guy and go back to basics, and the basics are people, process and product. People…

The Finanser’s Week: 30th May – 5th June 2016
Our main stories of this week includes … Regulations, Innovations, Sandboxes and #RegTech So I just attended a really interesting two day meeting that covered all things blockchain, regulations, innovation and more. I’ll blog about the bits I can in the next few days, and thought I’d start with an overview of the Financial Conduct Authority’s…

The Finanser’s Week: 23rd May – 29th May 2016
Our main stories of this week includes … The future of banking, money and finance [Presentation] I’ve been presenting a summary of Digital Bank and ValueWeb for a few months now. It is the story of the origins of moneykind and, as many have now heard the story, I thought it’s about time to share this on the blog. If you…

The Finanser’s Week: 16th May – 22nd May 2016
Our main stories of this week includes … Social KYC: far easier than passports and utility bills I just received a white paper about Social KYC from Fintech startup Veridu. The idea is to use our social media profiles to authenticate and onboard as a new 21st century KYC process. It’s an interesting idea I thought…

The Finanser’s Week: 9th May – 15th May 2016
Our main stories of this week includes … The African Mobile Revolution, Part One Last week I chaired the inaugural Dot Finance Live conference in Nairobi, Kenya. It is Africa’s premier FinTech event, drawing people from all over the countries of sub-Sahara Africa. What struck me as I listened to lots of keynotes about mobile innovation and…

The Finanser’s Week: 2nd May – 8th May 2016
Our main stories of this week includes … 20% of Europeans would bank with Google, Facebook or Amazon I got an interesting research report this week about consumer attitudes towards banks in Europe: More than a third of European consumers would move bank if they didn’t offer up-to-date technology to aid interaction Nearly a third are…

The Finanser’s Week: 25th April – 1st May 2016
Our main stories of this week includes … Lessons banks can learn from YouTube (and others) I need a little time to think about my reimagined financial structure, but some of the basics are already in play such as the idea of thinking about value exchange rather than monetary exchange. Value exchange is based upon the ability…


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