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Read More »Do we have a work-life balance anymore?
What is work-life balance these days? I accidentally on purpose started an interesting debate on Li…
There’s a Starman … who needs a bank account
Yesterday I asked Is there Life on Mars as a tribute to my hero David Bowie. I originally titled tha…
Is there life on Mars?
Twenty years ago, I remember being impressed when the late, great David Bowie launched a bank. Admit…
Would you believe they put a man on the moon?
… “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C. Clarke This…
Rip it up and start again
I spotted two updates recently. The first is the half a billion dollar mistake at Citigroup. The sec…
The Finanser’s Week: 22nd February 2021- 28th February 2021
This week’s main blog notes include … Banks waste billions on digital How much money is …
Read all about it: The Kalifa Review is out!
I blogged the other day about Singapore-on-the-Thames in anticipation of the Kalifa Review of UK Fin…
The elephant, the bird and the tiger (king)
This is the tenth in a series of blogs about the elephant, which represents the economy, and the bir…
Banking on digital growth
I recently joined The Digital Growth podcast … powered by Sounder … and they kindly tra…
If it walks like a bank, talks like a bank and smells like a bank, then it’s a bank
I see so many articles with titles like: What will banks do when Amazon becomes a bank? Google to ta…
Banks waste billions on digital
How much money is wasted by banks on digital? I wonder whether, one day, anyone will work out how mu…
Banks embrace the gig economy
I just got a report from PwC and my heart sank. The headline is: Financial institutions to significa…
Digital’s impact on towns: the end of main street
I’ve had several debates about the closure of shopping malls, the end of offices and the deserted hi…
The Finanser’s Week: 15th February 2021- 21st February 2021
The main blog discussions this week include … CBDCs, the Digital Euro and how it might work I’m very…
PC Banking
I made a joke the other day about visiting PC World, and you really have to watch what you say in th…
The links between purpose, digital and leadership
As mentioned the other day, I’m focused upon purpose-driven banking these days. I guess this t…
What was that Brexit deal, again?
Britain has left the EU, but now I read headlines everywhere saying cross-border movements are impos…
Is the Crypto revolution finally underway?
I haven’t commented much on bitcoin’s (BTC) recent surge, as I’ve been watching and waiting, but it …
CBDCs, the Digital Euro and how it might work
I’m very aware that central banks are investigating the use of digital currencies, particularly as t…
The Finanser’s Week: 8th February 2021- 14th February 2021
The main blog discussions this week include … Singapore-on-the-Thames? Welcome to the new London … […
The Elephant made me sad
Sitting quietly in my room, I felt someone breathing on my neck. It was him. Y’know. The elephant. T…
The start-up I should have started
I often feel bad for not having started a FinTech start-up myself. It’s not that I haven’t thought a…
Where is the Intelligent Bank?
I wrote a blog a few days ago about money not being about jars and pots. The gist of the blog is tha…
Singapore-on-the-Thames? Welcome to the new London … [Kalifa Review]
In the midst of Brexit plans and a Covid pandemic, the UK Government launched a FinTech review chair…
The balance between data gathering and data usage
I was on a call the other day, discussing Big Data and Green Finance. It’s not an area I talk about …
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I've recently been enjoying the spat between insurers and internet providers, especially as this will spill-over into banking before too long. Here's why. Direct Line – owned by Royal Bank of Scotland – is getting fed up with websites that compare insurance quotes. As a …
Read More »Technology and Risk are the same thing by Chris Skinner
Yesterday was a fascinating day full of presentations on risk in the morning from a bunch of old CRO’s (Chief Risk Officers) followed by a lunch with a crock of CIO’s (Chief Information Officers). In fact, there was even one CIO who became a CRO …
Read More »Technology and Risk are the same thing by Chris Skinner
Yesterday was a fascinating day full of presentations on risk in the morning from a bunch of old CRO’s (Chief Risk Officers) followed by a lunch with a crock of CIO’s (Chief Information Officers). In fact, there was even one CIO who became a CRO …
Read More »Prepaid’s demographics by Chris Skinner
We run regular meetings at the Financial Services Club, and launched in Ireland last year. The forthcoming event in Dublin on 14th June is talking about various things from mobile to prepaid and it prompted Kieron Guilfoyle, CEO of 3V, to send me details of …
Read More »Banker fighting to stop child abuse
One of the highlights of the year for me so far has been my recent visit to Shanghai. Shanghai is a great sprawling new City with life pouring out of every street corner, but that wasn't the reason why this was a highlight. The reason …
Read More »Numbers, Part Three: HSBC
Same bank channel and almost the same bank time … Continuing our numbers story we move to a large galaxy known as Canary Wharf on the outer limits of the London Universe, and focus upon a large, 45 floor, gleaming office block … yes, it's …
Read More »Numbers, Part Three: HSBC
Same bank channel and almost the same bank time … Continuing our numbers story we move to a large galaxy known as Canary Wharf on the outer limits of the London Universe, and focus upon a large, 45 floor, gleaming office block … yes, it's …
Read More »Numbers, Part Three: HSBC
Same bank channel and almost the same bank time … Continuing our numbers story we move to a large galaxy known as Canary Wharf on the outer limits of the London Universe, and focus upon a large, 45 floor, gleaming office block … yes, it's …
Read More »Celebrating PayPal’s centenary
PayPal 100 years old – surely not? Well no. PayPal's not 100 years old. In a remarkably understated way though, which no-one noticed – not even PayPal – the California-based payments platform is celebrating a milestone. In March 2007, PayPal celebrated being 100 months old. …
Read More »Celebrating PayPal’s centenary
PayPal 100 years old – surely not? Well no. PayPal's not 100 years old. In a remarkably understated way though, which no-one noticed – not even PayPal – the California-based payments platform is celebrating a milestone. In March 2007, PayPal celebrated being 100 months old. …
Read More »The quest for alpha
At a recent conference, one of the speakers started by saying: "Alpha is what it is all about." He got this look of interest from half the audience and confusion from the other half. After all, much of what goes on in the investment markets …
Read More »The quest for alpha
At a recent conference, one of the speakers started by saying: "Alpha is what it is all about." He got this look of interest from half the audience and confusion from the other half. After all, much of what goes on in the investment markets …
Read More »The quest for alpha
At a recent conference, one of the speakers started by saying: "Alpha is what it is all about." He got this look of interest from half the audience and confusion from the other half. After all, much of what goes on in the investment markets …
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Parkinson –the original market reformer!
A guest blog entry by Michael F Newman I was a guest at the Financial Services Club meeting on Monday 7th November to hear Lord Parkinson speak on the future of the City in the European markets. He made a broad ranging observation on the …
Read More »Parkinson –the original market reformer!
A guest blog entry by Michael F Newman I was a guest at the Financial Services Club meeting on Monday 7th November to hear Lord Parkinson speak on the future of the City in the European markets. He made a broad ranging observation on the …
Read More »Parkinson –the original market reformer!
A guest blog entry by Michael F Newman I was a guest at the Financial Services Club meeting on Monday 7th November to hear Lord Parkinson speak on the future of the City in the European markets. He made a broad ranging observation on the …
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