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MEFTEC Dubai, the Asian Banker and Innotribe Bangkok

For those who are interested, there are a few major conferences coming up this month. I'll be chairing MEFTEC in Dubai on April 25th and 26th; at the same time, the Asian Banker's Summit takes place in Bangkok from April 25th to 27th, and includes my friends from SWIFT, who are running Innotribe Bangkok on…

Three Principles for a New Wall Street

The second presentation that attracted my attention at TEDx Wall Street last week was Don Tapscott’s. Don is the author of many books, although his best known work is probably coining the phrase Wikinomics (note, this is now Marcowikinomics). His thesis is all about how the internet is changing our world fundamentally, and that crowdsourcing is…

Tapscott

Three Principles for a New Wall Street

The second presentation that attracted my attention at TEDx Wall Street last week was Don Tapscott’s. Don is the author of many books, although his best known work is probably coining the phrase Wikinomics (note, this is now Marcowikinomics). His thesis is all about how the internet is changing our world fundamentally, and that crowdsourcing is…

Tapscott

The Obsessive Compulsive Jim Cramer

I attended the first ever TEDx Wall Street  last week, and a fine show it was. Speakers included: Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest.com David S. Rose, Founder of New York Angels and Associate Founder of Singularity University Don Tapscott, Bestselling Author and Strategist Doug Dachille, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment…

NYSE drinks

The Obsessive Compulsive Jim Cramer

I attended the first ever TEDx Wall Street  last week, and a fine show it was. Speakers included: Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest.com David S. Rose, Founder of New York Angels and Associate Founder of Singularity University Don Tapscott, Bestselling Author and Strategist Doug Dachille, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment…

NYSE drinks

Use your face and thumb to pay

No, it's not biometrics … it's a bit weird actually. Just received a link from Matt Cross to a video of a new service that launches this Sunday, and claims to use your face and thumbs-up as a payment approval: Looks like a bit of a joke, but it's not.   It's using NFC mobile…

Use your face and thumb to pay

No, it's not biometrics … it's a bit weird actually. Just received a link from Matt Cross to a video of a new service that launches this Sunday, and claims to use your face and thumbs-up as a payment approval: Looks like a bit of a joke, but it's not.   It's using NFC mobile…

Half a billion dollars jackpot in my sights

It’s my last day in the States and off to the New York Stock Exchange to join TEDx Wall Street – the first one ever! Staying in downtown New York is as mad as ever, but fun. What’s really fun is the lottery fervour fever. Everyone’s talking about the lottery called Mega Millions. Not surprising…

Lottery

If you are cashless, can you survive?

I recently blogged about less cash and less branches, rather than cashless and branchless, and thought I’d follow it up with two quick stories. First, is my experience in New York this week. Went to the ATM and, as usual, my bank blocked me using my card as it was in the USA and not…

Brnaches

A Wall Street Crash through a cyberattack … could it ever happen?

I see more and more these days about cybercrime. The latest thing was a survey that landed in my inbox from PwC, which finds that cybercrime is the second most common economic crime affecting companies in the financial services sector after traditional fraud.  Key findings include: In financial services, cybercrime accounts for 38% of all…