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The latest BIS (Bank for International Settlements) run a survey of over 50 central banks every three years. I’m not normally that surprised by their figures, but this year seems to mark a milestone as they found that the worldwide movement of currencies had risen to almost $10 trillion a day!* Here are the key…

I’ve just created a platform to tokenize idols. Any idol and even bits and pieces related to them. You can tokenize Taylor Swift’s underwear; tokenize Rory McIlroy’s golfing glove; tokenize Ryan Reynolds Wrexham shirt; or even tokenize Harry Kane’s big toe. After all, any part of an idol is worth something to a fan, so…

I just joined Huawei for their summit themed “Beyond Digital, Resilience Empowers AI-infused Finance”. It was interesting and Jason Cao, CEO of Huawei Digital Finance, gave a speech that was insightful around creating convenience with security through AI. One line that stood out for me is: “We must neither underestimate the long-term value of AI…

I was having a chat the other day. It was behind closed doors, under Chatham House Rule but, nevertheless, will share my thoughts here as the big question was: who are you marketing to? Several major football teams have bank brands all over them. Many websites are associated with financial brands. On television, there are…

This week’s main blog discussions include … Revolut opens its new HQ and takes over the world? I asked my friend Max, an early investor in Revolut, to provide an insight into the new headquarters the company opened this week in Canary Wharf, London. Revolut bought the building that was previosly the HQ of Thomson…

I asked my friend Max, an early investor in Revolut, to provide an insight into the new headquarters the company opened this week in Canary Wharf, London. Revolut bought the building that was previosly the HQ of Thomson Reuters, ao a pretty bold move. Here is his thoughts: Revolut unveils its Global HQ, sets out…

There are more and more arguments over data access and data sharing. Who is right and who is wrong? As far as I’m concerned, my data is my data but now JP Morgan Chase is selling it to Plaid – for access, not for keeps, an important difference – and Europe has told America’s big…

We talk a lot about data analytics and the fact that you cannot be smart with dumb data is the start point. You have to be smart. Beyond smart, you have to be clever. You need to take data and use prediction modelling to think about what’s next? You need to predict the next move….

This week’s main discussions include … It is time to level up We are in a third generation of change in finance. When I wrote Digital Bank over a decade ago, the focus was all about reinventing banking from being physical at the core to being digital at the core. Now we have to do it…

Building on the last two blogs all companies, not just in finance, have been transformed through the connected, network economy. That was the last decade’s worth of digital transformation and has led analogue companies hoping that they are now digital natives, although many are digital immigrants, still with a log of their old analogue systems…