I was looking through Google Analytics to see which of my blog entries had been most read in 2016. Here’s the list and, as you will see, it’s mostly people reading about blockchain news, although how to change the bank, fintech and innovation all get high rankings too. The top ten trends in banking innovation…
Earlier this year, I summarised some of the best research papers that had been released on FinTech and Blockchain in three parts: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Thanks to Oliver Bussmann’s blog, I can now provide you with a list of the best research released on Fintech this year. Enjoy! 2016-12 Digital Asset Holding Non Technical…
I’ve noticed a great deal of schadenfreude related to the R3 bump. Lots of people saying that blockchain is past its sell-by date, R3 are bust and distributed ledgers are dead. I think it’s related to the journalists who, having delighted in bigging up blockchain big time for the past two years are now relishing…
An interesting week as R3 goes through restructuring. Santander and Goldman Sachs leave and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, a regulator, join. Interesting. Since R3 arrived on the scene in 2014, it has been a train of technology. The consortium started on September 15, 2015 with 9 financial companies: Barclays, BBVA, Commonwealth Bank of Australia,…
I’m a big fan of Kraken, the digital currency exchange in California, as it’s my main exchange for investing in digital assets. If you want to know more, checkout their general overview at the end of this blog. I’m also a fan of their blog, which regularly sends me interesting stuff and they’ve just launched…
It’s the end of the first full day of Money 20/20 2016, and it’s been a mixed day starting with a surprisingly packed room for my discussion with Moven, Simple and ING about digital banking. The story of the fish seemed popular (see last week’s blog). Banks are like this fish. @Chris_Skinner #Money2020 pic.twitter.com/iHsR6PiQY7 —…
We had a really interesting meeting about digital identity, blockchain and the Calais Jungle at The Financial Services Club recently from Jaz and Nils O’Hara of the Worldwide Tribe. One member of the Club, Nick Swanson of ObjectTech, was so taken with it that he blogged about it. Thanks Nick and he’s kindly allowed me…
I recently opened an investment fund for blockchain start-ups in partnership with Life.SREDA, who produce a report on the state of FinTech twice a year. The latest report, almost 300 pages of analysis, provide more insights of the first half of the year in FinTech [Money of the Future 1H’2016 and Chinese, Korean and Japanese…
