Several people pinged me yesterday to highlight the fact that Bitcoin has now become a target of the major payments processors. Not for acquisition. Not for partnership. Not for joint ventures. Not for support. No. Bitcoin is obviously becoming a threat to mainstream operations as it is now an active shut-down target. This was demonstrated…
The Financial Services Club is one of the major media partners with Finovate Europe, which took place last week. Last year I chaired the event, but my Ricky Gervais edginess proved too much for the American organisers at NetBanker, so this year was a slightly more dry affair, with a beauty parade of 35 companies demonstrating…
I had a revelation when being shown a presentation from one of the Personal Financial Management (PFM) solutions firms yesterday. It was when we were talking about how consumers use PFM for peer comparison purposes. If you’re unfamiliar with such stuff, it’s the ability to see how you stack up against similar people to yourself,…
I had a revelation when being shown a presentation from one of the Personal Financial Management (PFM) solutions firms yesterday. It was when we were talking about how consumers use PFM for peer comparison purposes. If you’re unfamiliar with such stuff, it’s the ability to see how you stack up against similar people to yourself,…
I haven’t written much about social media lately. The reason is that it’s now mainstream and dull. When you're scanning future views, you’re not as bothered about Facebook and Twitter when everyone’s familiar with and using such services. Facebook's pervasiveness is well illustrated by the Facebook IPO announcement, which gave a raft of good stats about how…
I haven’t written much about social media lately. The reason is that it’s now mainstream and dull. When you're scanning future views, you’re not as bothered about Facebook and Twitter when everyone’s familiar with and using such services. Facebook's pervasiveness is well illustrated by the Facebook IPO announcement, which gave a raft of good stats about how…
Just had an interesting banter about the future of technology with a technologist. We like to think that technology is special. It is. In the words of Arthur C Clarke: “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”, and he’s right. It is why I’ve spent my life being in awe of the speed of…
Just had an interesting banter about the future of technology with a technologist. We like to think that technology is special. It is. In the words of Arthur C Clarke: “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”, and he’s right. It is why I’ve spent my life being in awe of the speed of…
I’ve written a few bits about Bitcoin but it still confuses folks, as was clear from the debate we had about it at the Financial Services Club the other night. Donald Norman, co-founder of the Bitcoin Consultancy, presented the latest state of play in the currency … … and it led to one of the liveliest…
PwC conducted research with almost 3,000 banking customers from a range of segments across markets to discover their expectations of banking in the digital age. They selected both emerging and developing markets including China, India, Mexico and the UAE, as well as developed markets like the UK, Canada, France and Poland. The research revealed that…
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