A world without money
I have no academic papers or historical research view on what I’m about to post, although I will find some, but I was reflecting on my discussions of revolutions in humanity. In particular, the second age of humankind, when we invented money as a control mechanism. Before this seismic change, money didn’t matter. We shared beliefs…

Financial Services: The Next Generation … where is it?
I’ve blogged about how I see leadership in the developing (developed now) economies of China and India, and the new innovation models of emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not quite in the way in which I see them now. The more I think about it, we have three major FinTech models, each with their…

Solving state corruption with technology
I try to generally avoid making political commentary on the blog as it’s not appropriate. This is a blog about technology and finance, not the economy and politics. Every now and again the two come together such as with Brexit and Donald Trump. Equally sometimes they cannot be avoided as the politics impacts the financial…

A disruptive innovation appears
I was listening to a financier talking about FinTech the other day, and claiming that they are all sustaining innovations and not disruptive. They were referring to Clayton Christensen’s innovator’s dilemma discussions, where Professor Christensen points to different markets that were destroyed by disruptors. Those markets include the American car industry, destroyed by cheaper Japanese…

GulfTech is a challenge due to diversity
I took part in a webinar the other day, focused upon the developments in digital banking in the Middle East. Having visited Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai and Qatar recently, I can claim to know a little. Equally, having been to the region regularly since 2002, I’ve seen how it is developing and changing. This is…

The European banking system is flat-lining
There was an interesting article in The Independent last week about the big banks becoming bigger since the financial crisis hit. The article notes that the big American banks control 70% of all US assets, and that this figure has increased 40% since 2008. In the lead up to 2008, parallel to increasing debt levels,…

Will Apple Bank be the first new American #Fintech Bank?
On Wednesday the American Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)* followed up on its promise last December to introduce a national bank charter for Fintech bank startups by issuing a white paper on how to apply for a licence, the evaluation process and what will be involved. It’s a massive move towards allowing…


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