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Read More »An interview with EFMA about the realities of digital for good
I just had a nice interview with EFMA (now Qorus) about the new book Digital for Good (available her…
You can change the world
I hadn’t heard of the campaign make my money matter, until the other day. It’s all about igniting co…
What is the global, digital currency?
I did a presentation in Helsinki the other day about the importance of owning my data. It made me re…
The neobank era is just beginning
Good friend Ron Shevlin sparked off a great debate about neobanks with his snarky column on Forbes t…
The Finanser’s Week: 20th June 2022 – 26th June 2022
This week’s blog discussions include: Six years since #Brexit, where are we? I don’t talk about Brex…
A circular economy or degrowth?
I launched the new book Digital for Good in London the other day, and was joined by many friends in …
Six years since #Brexit, where are we?
I don’t talk about Brexit much. As a Remainer, I was gutted Britain voted to leave. That was six yea…
So, how do we define money?
Benju Shah, Head of the Nordic BIS Innovation Hub for the Bank of International Settlements, followe…
Money is just a belief
We had a great session in Oslo last week focused upon: what is money? The question comes up more and…
What do you believe in?
The belief in crypto has fallen through the floor in second quarter 2022, mainly due to factors from…
The Finanser’s Week: 13th June 2022 – 19th June 2022
The main blog discussions this week included … Welcome to (another) crypto meltdown As a guy who has…
Forget rock and roll, it’s now space and soul
I am regularly asked: what’s the next big thing? Answer: there isn’t one. There are just all the thi…
I sold my soul for a token
Some years ago, as an April Fool, a firm offered a free download of a game as long as, in the terms …
Welcome to (another) crypto meltdown
As a guy who has invested a little in cryptocurrencies, I sat back a year ago in a warm glow. The in…
Is Apple finance going to change the world?
There’s a regular debate about whether BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) is a good or bad thing. There’s a b…
The Finanser’s Week: 6th June 2022 – 12th June 2022
This week’s main blog discussions include … Is digital all it’s cracked up to be? I just sent a paym…
And what happens when digital fails?
I have another concern about digitalisation, which is what happens if you’re knocked off the grid? W…
Is digital all it’s cracked up to be?
I just sent a payment to a new company. They sent the details and it involved quite a lot of set-up.…
Let’s talk about Open Regulation
There is an important thing happening that many may have missed imho. We talk all the time about Ope…
Please, please, upgrade me
I loved the show Frasier back in the day. The pithy, pathetic but pure and pleasing ways of Niles an…
FinTech: Separating the wheat from the chaff
Some FinTech firms are quite old. Depending on how you call it PayPal, Zopa and others have been aro…
The Finanser’s Week: 30th May 2022 – 5th June 2022
This week’s main blog discussions included … 70 facts about money to celebrate 70 years on the thron…
SWIFT may not exist in five years, according to MasterCard
The CEO of MasterCard, Michael Miebach, stated at a conference the other day that SWIFT might no lon…
70 facts about money to celebrate 70 years on the throne
Today marks the day that celebrates the Queen being the monarch of Britain for the last 70 years, Sh…
A conversation between the angry banker and the activist consumer
For a few months now, I’ve given Gail Bradbrook, Co-Founder of Extinction Rebellion, a voice on this…
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Community Currencies, a thing of the future by Chris Skinner
Many years ago, I read a book by Bernard Lietaer on the Future of Money, which expounded the ideas of community currencies. These are currencies where you exchange time and other measures of value that are relevant to communities, rather than money which is referred …
Read More »JWG-IT TechSIG establishes reference solution working groups to fill key MiFID gaps by PJ Di Giammarino
Leveraging impartial research with over 50 financial institutions in 2007, a team of 15 technology vendors, with combined revenue of over €100 billion, has now targeted key hot spots which financial institutions face to comply with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). Over 60% …
Read More »JWG-IT TechSIG establishes reference solution working groups to fill key MiFID gaps by PJ Di Giammarino
Leveraging impartial research with over 50 financial institutions in 2007, a team of 15 technology vendors, with combined revenue of over €100 billion, has now targeted key hot spots which financial institutions face to comply with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). Over 60% …
Read More »Comparasites
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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Bryan Please click the Buy Now button below. On the next page, underneath the PayPal logon is an option: "don't have a PayPal account". Please select this option and enter your credit card details. Thanks Chris
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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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