Our biggest stories of the past week are … Can you have decentralised exchange without centralised control? I often have these debates with the bitcoin community about whether you can really have money without government. Let’s not call it money without government even, let’s just focus upon the question of whether you can have value…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Why banks are hated and what to do about it I often find headlines around the world that banks are hated, and was reminded of this today when Australian websiteThe Conversation had the headline: Why do people hate bankers? No, really… The future of Visa and other card schemes…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … What are the biggest challenges in banking today? Sometimes social media kicks off great discussions about banking. For example, a discussion began with a simple question asked by Next Bank orchestrator Rob Findlay: Guys help me out. Give me the top 3-5 BIG challenges in banking right now…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Convincing management to renew core systems I’m often asked what I mean by a digital core and how to convince management to buy into it. What I mean by a digital core is that the bank has made itself cleansed and ready to join the new generation of fintech. It…
Our biggest stories during the holidays are … Happy Holidays! Well, it's the holiday season and hoop-di-hoop and dickery dock … no forget all that. Enjoy your time with families and friends and, from a blustery London City, I wish you all well for the season and a peaceful 2015. Reflections on 2014 (did the…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Banks with pre-internet age core systems have a heart that is no longer beating I realised something about this new market of fintech the other day, where banks become financial systems integrators. That realisation was that banks really should think about what they are doing, developing…
