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The Top 10 Blogs of 2025

Every year I visit the analytics engine to see which blogs got the most visits. This list is this year’s although, interestingly, the blog entry with the most clicks generally is the one I wrote about who invented WiFi. Regardless, the list this year is interesting as it is mainly about fintech firms like Klarna,…

Things worth reading: 23rd December 2025

Things we’re reading today include … FCA Launches UK Payments Initiative to Scale ‘Pay by Bank’ Adoption Mastercard Forms Strategic Alliances to Advance Blockchain Innovation in the Middle East 2025 in review: The key fintech trends of the year Banking boss targets fintech to double Australian business Bitcoin’s wild ride and can the cryptocurrency really…

Things worth reading: 22nd December 2025

Things we’re reading today include … 30 Under 30 Finance 2026: From Fintech’s Top Founders To Wall Street’s Best Dealmakers Bank of England cuts rates in heavily divided decision Agentic AI race by British banks raises new risks for regulator The way you use contactless payments is set to change George Osborne gets second new…

The Finanser’s Week: 15th December – 21st December 2025

This week’s main discussions include … Did 2025 really happen? (the year of deep fake) 2025 has been the year of AI and AI hype from Agentic AI to AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) to Robots, chatbots and more but, for me, it has been the year of Deep Fake AI. It all started with the…

Things worth reading: 19th December 2025

Things we’re reading today include … Top 5 Stories of the Week in FinTech How Citi is Thinking About Fintech Funding Trends with Mary Joseph Aspire secures key licences for global fintech rollout The rise of FinTech gambling: How startups are disrupting the online casino industry HSBC commits to physical banking with £55m refurbishment plan…

Things worth reading: 18th December 2025

Things we’re reading today include … 5 Biggest Fintech News Stories of 2025 and 5 Bold Predictions for 2026 London Fuels UK’s Fintech Hiring Surge Fintech Leaders Release First Candid Report on the State of Industry Communication in 2025 Credit & Debit Innovation Powers Fintech’s Next Era The AI Compliance Dilemma: Trust Still Belongs to…

Things worth reading: 17th December 2025

Things we’re reading today include … A review of the ECB’s proposed banking rules overhaul How central banks should navigate an uncertain 2026 Fintech in 2025: The Year’s Takeaways – and What to Expect in 2026 Paypal becomes latest fintech to capitalise on Trump’s deregulation Marshall Islands launches universal basic income scheme offering cryptocurrency –…

Things worth reading: 16th December 2025

Things we’re reading today include … PayPal Applies to Establish Bank HSBC promises to keep all of its bank branches open until 2027 Doha Bank prints digital bond UK Treasury to regulate cryptocurrency under new legislation What you need to know about new UK rules on cryptocurrency Monzo chief pushed out after board rift over…

Things worth reading: 15th December 2025

Things we’re reading today include … Top five fintech news stories of the week HSBC UK commits to keeping all its 327 branches open until at least 2027 ‘It probably could do my job’: New ChatGPT model catches up with junior bank analysts (one in ten UK banking jobs at risk from AI) London has…

The Finanser’s Week: 8th December –  14th December 2025

This week’s main discussions include … Little Britain: “A rainy island with a hostile tax system is a hard sell” Many years ago, I was presenting to a country suffering sanctions. No longer able to access the SWIFT network and pretty much excommunicated by most banks worldwide, they were suffering. Of course, they could do…