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The Finanser’s Week: 8th June 2020 – 14th June 2020

The main blog headlines are … Are banks too full of testosterone? There’s no logical reason for this, but I’ve decided the second week of June is women’s week. It’s a week to celebrate diversity, or the lack of diversity, in finance and technology. So, this week’s blogs are all about women and finance and…

The Finanser’s Week: 1st June 2020 – 7th June 2020

The main blog headlines are … No one changes behaviour … unless forced to I see lots of surveys and research about the use of technology in finance. Things like 47 percent of consumers are interested in biometric payments or 80 percent of consumers would use mobile payments. Then you look at the adoption rates…

The Finanser’s Week: 25th May 2020 – 31st May 2020

The main blog headlines are … What happens if consumers stop consuming? I saw an interesting article the other day: I Don’t Feel Like Buying Stuff Anymore … our economy is built on Americans of all class levels buying things. What happens when the ability — and desire — to do so goes away? It’s…

The Finanser’s Week: 18th May 2020 – 24th May 2020

The main blog headlines are … Here’s what the new normal looks like There’s lots of talk about civil unrest, an unjust society, the need for a universal basic income, a change in attitude towards everything from capitalism to socialism to democracy to inclusion. Good discussions but hard to know how it plays out. In…

The Finanser’s Week: 11th May 2020 – 17th May 2020

The main blog headlines are … Dealing with a crisis: FinTech versus Bank The chasm between start-ups and incumbents is massively exposed by coronavirus. I realised this early on, when I saw that FinTech firms who were born on the internet were far more ready for working from home than traditional banks who depend on…

The Finanser’s Week: 4th May 2020 – 10th May 2020

The main blog headlines are … Where was the digital backup to our physical structure? The coronavirus crisis has hit everyone sudden and hard. We originally thought it was a Chinese crisis and now it’s a global one. It’s shut down economies worldwide and the banking system has been asked to step in fast and…

The Finanser’s Week: 27th April 2020 – 3rd May 2020

The main blog headlines are … What will the world be like when #coronavirus ends? (Part One) Most of the people around the world have savings that can last them less than a month. In the USA, 29% of households have less than $1,000 in savings; in the UK, 15% of Brits have no savings…

The Finanser’s Week: 20th April 2020 – 26th April 2020

The main blog headlines are … The failure of government (#coronavirus) I’m really frustrated between what the government is saying, the media is reporting, the behaviour of banks, the thrust of business and the reality of life. Governments worldwide are locking down and, at the same time, saying they’re going to help citizens and business;…

The Finanser’s Week: 13th April 2020 – 19th April 2020

The main blog headlines are … Will you avoid companies that put profit before people? I’ve been writing a lot about purpose-driven banking, a theme that resonates around the idea that business focus should be more than just making money. It should also focus upon doing good for society and the planet. So, I was…

The Finanser’s Week: 6th April 2020 – 12th April 2020

The main blog headlines are … How JPMorgan Chase, BBVA, ING, DBS and CMB are doing digital Today is the day that Doing Digital, my newest book, is finally live on Amazon and all good book stores. It’s the result of two years primary and secondary research and, to pay it its due, has been…

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