Here are our key posts for the past week … Do banks need a CIO? I was talking with a technology firm the other day. They offer everything from cloud to core systems. Their issue is that the competition wins every time. Not IBM. Not Accenture. Not TCS. Not FIS. …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 4th September – 11th September 2016
Here are our key posts for the past week … Do banks need a CIO? I was talking with a technology firm the other day. They offer everything from cloud to core systems. Their issue is that the competition wins every time. Not IBM. Not Accenture. Not TCS. Not …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 29th August – 3rd September 2016
Here are our key posts for the past week … How the system crushes the poor Building on yesterday’s discussion of the digital divide turning into a human divide*, I find it intriguing how we talk incessantly about financial inclusion and how technology will bank the unbanked. It is our …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 22nd August – 28th August 2016
Here are our key posts for the past week … Applying Blockchain to Clearing and Settlement I’ve talked a lot about blockchain, but not much lately about the use cases, of which four stand out in terms of real activity: Clearing and Settlement, Trade Finance, Payments and Digital Identity. I thought …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 15th August – 21st August 2016
Here are our key posts for the past week … Applying Blockchain to Clearing and Settlement I’ve talked a lot about blockchain, but not much lately about the use cases, of which four stand out in terms of real activity: Clearing and Settlement, Trade Finance, Payments and Digital Identity. I thought …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 8th August – 14th August 2016
Here are our key posts for the past week … Renewing core systems is like renovating the subways Someone recently equated banks and their systems and structures, to the underground in London. It’s a lot of pipes, wires, cables and tunnels that were built in the Victorian times and are …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 1st August – 7th August 2016
Here are our key posts for the past week … Looking for a live Unicorn I was chatting about Unicorns yesterday. I won’t say which one we talked about, but one specific firm was being picked on as unsustainable and incorrectly valued. I was particularly surprised to hear that their …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 25th July – 31st July 2016
Here are our key posts for the past week … Need some #FinTech Education? I recently hosted the FinTech University – FU for short – for BBVA in Madrid. #FU @CIBBVA pic.twitter.com/RUqVEDgPgg — Chris Skinner (@Chris_Skinner) June 20, 2016 It was a grand day out full of BBVA companies and partners …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 18th July – 24th July 2016
Here are our key posts for the past week … Machines that learn will decimate human jobs … or will they? I was having a debate yesterday where a bank executive was asking me about what the hottest things in FinTech are right now. My answer was machine learning (AI) …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 3rd July – 17th July 2016
Here are our key posts for the past two weeks … ANZ don’t need to change core systems … yep and Father Christmas might visit too Well I couldn’t let this one go by without commenting on it. A regular theme in the blog is get rid of old technology …
Read More »The Finanser’s Week: 20th June – 3rd July 2016
Here are our key posts for the past two weeks … What would Brexit mean for the UK financial services industry? I just discovered a really interesting legal view of the implications of the Brexit vote on the UK Financial Services sector. It was in a magazine by Mayer Brown, …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
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