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The Finanser’s Week: 18th January – 24th January 2016

Our main stories of this week includes … Banking becomes a series of components … and loses $1 trillion Some technology trends are highly predictable. One such trend is the modularization of banking, a theme picked up in a new Oliver Wyman report that’s free to coincide with Davos. You can download the report here, but…

The Finanser’s Week: 4th January – 17th January 2016

Our main stories of the past two weeks include … 2016 banking predictions That’s not 2,016 banking predictions, which could be good, but banking predictions for the year 2016. Happy New Year. As is usual at the start of the year, I normally make a bunch of predictions about what will happen in retail, investment and…

The Finanser’s Week: 14th December – 20th December 2015

Our main stories this week include … 2015 was the year of the blockchain The world is still very confused about bitcoin.  For example, some press are still writing the old stories about the phenomena as an investment: Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they’re now worth $886k.  It makes for a…

The Finanser’s Week: 7th December – 13th December 2015

Our main stories this week include … 2015 was the year of the blockchain The world is still very confused about bitcoin.  For example, some press are still writing the old stories about the phenomena as an investment: Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they’re now worth $886k.  It makes for a…

The Finanser’s Week: 23rd November – 6th December 2015

Our main stories of the past two weeks include … 110 years to save for retirement: the future of mortgages, pensions and savings I don’t like talking about the long-term future much, as who knows anything about the long-term future?  Nevertheless, there are some things that are obvious in the long-term future based upon technological…

The Finanser’s Week: 16th November – 22nd November 2015

Our main stories this week include … Where is the banks’ tipping point? I had an interesting discussion about change in the banking markets again the other day.  We were citing emerging new players like Square, Stripe, Klarna and Lending Club, as well as players that have already emerged like PayPal and Apple Pay.  In…

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The Finanser’s Week: 9th November – 15th November 2015

Our main stories this week include … Greece is the word I receive a few infographics and don't publish all of them, but found this one very interesting.  It portrays the current situation in Greece, which we all know has been suffering badly from the Sovereign Debt crisis and subsequent economic fallout.  Key headlines include: The…

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The Finanser’s Week: 2nd November – 8th November 2015

Our main stories this week include … Are bankers just rearranging deckchairs? I had a really interesting evening this week, moderating an industry roundtable with panel organised by DataArt.  It took place in the Armourer's Hall, a place that resonates of wars and battles, which was a fitting location for a discussion about Fintech versus Banking….

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The Finanser’s Week: 26th October – 1st November 2015

Our main stories this week include … From start-up to incumbent: the innovation cycle I mentioned the Uber example of this cycle, which began as a start-up but, as it grew into an upstart, it started to be attacked by the incumbents.  Then the regulators woke up and started to consider the implications of the…

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The Finanser’s Week: 19th October – 25th October 2015

Our main stories this week include … From start-up to incumbent: the innovation cycle I mentioned the Uber example of this cycle, which began as a start-up but, as it grew into an upstart, it started to be attacked by the incumbents.  Then the regulators woke up and started to consider the implications of the…

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