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During May, the floor fell out of the cryptocurrency markets with many losing their life savings. Yo…
The Finanser’s Week: 9th May 2022 – 15th May 2022
This week’s main blog discussions include … I just woke up to my cancelled culture Growing up, my br…
I just woke up to my cancelled culture
Growing up, my brother used to try hard to persuade me to attend The Motor Show. He is a petrolhead …
Have you heard of the human library?
I stumbled across the human library the other day. I’d never heard of it, but the idea is that inste…
Could bitcoin destabilise the dollar?
I was thinking about cryptocurrencies and the fact that most of us have heard of bitcoin and Ethereu…
We need same-day financial firms
I’ve been writing about banks needing to refresh core systems for years. and I’m fed up with it. I’v…
Would you like to attend the launch of ‘Digital for Good’?
Chris Skinner, best-selling author of Digital Bank, Digital Human and Doing Digital, has just releas…
The Finanser’s Week: 2nd May 2022 – 8th May 2022
This week’s main blog discussions included: What’s the new book about, Chris? I had an interview the…
Shared experiences and the networked economy
I was in the theatres again recently, watching shows. I love theatre, especially musicals (Ed: is it…
Walk the line: the balance between regulation and innovation
I noted that the FCA is holding the new UK banks to account for their mishaps over customer onboardi…
Stripe’s IPO – how much?
We all got excited a couple of years ago about the biggest FinTech IPO that would ever be listed. An…
The Emperor’s Clothes and Barclays Bank
Here’s the latest blog from Extinction Rebellion’s Co-founder Gail Bradbrook, with her colleagues Ai…
What’s the new book about, Chris?
I had an interview the other day about my new book Digital for Good. It felt like it was a worthy di…
The Finanser’s Week: 25th April 2022 – 1st May 2022
This week’s main blog discussions include: How can you oversee a system you don’t see? I was intrigu…
Are cryptos actually currencies or just gambling?
It’s interesting as I found two studies over the past few days that show Dogecoin and shiba Inu coin…
How can you oversee an algorithm you can’t explain?
After yesterday’s blog How can you oversee a system you don’t see?, Ricardo replied on twitter: Make…
How can you oversee a system you don’t see?
I was intrigued by a post from a friend who had worked for a leading fund manager. Her boss was jail…
People who fear being tracked and traced … it’s too late
For years now there has been a discussion of having chips inside humans. I was presenting this idea …
FinTech in Russia: how has this changed since the “special military operation”?
As I posted analysis of the state of financial innovation in Ukraine the other day, I thought it on…
The Finanser’s Week: 18th April 2022 – 24th April 2022
The main discussions on the blog this week include … Why old banks should be worried I had an intere…
The nuances of BaaS
I don’t know if you’ve noticed a new start-up called Column, but it’s worth watching as it’s a chart…
I get knocked down, but I get up again
Life is swings and roundabouts … you win some, you lose some. Life is Sliding Doors moments … you lo…
The crypto crept in and is not creeping out
Having spent the last decade saying that cryptocurrencies were rubbish (bankers) or the future (libe…
Why new banks should also be worried
New banks have great opportunities. They can fix all the things old banks do badly, using a clean sh…
Why old banks should be worried
I had an interesting comment the other day from a friend who said that he had worked with incumbents…
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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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Things we’re reading today include … Ex-Barclays chairman David Walker takes blockchain job Australia banks agree Android Pay deal, Apple Pay still frozen out Bankers’ bonus cap drives up salaries, says Bank of England Andrew Tyrie, head of Treasury Committee, says Financial Reporting Council is …
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