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Apr 3, 2012

Three Principles for a New Wall Street

The second presentation that attracted my attention at TEDx Wall Street last week was Don Tapscott’s. Don is the author of many books, although his best known work is probably coining the phrase Wikinomics (note, this is now Marcowikinomics). His thesis is all about how the internet is changing our world fundamentally, and that crowdsourcing is…

Apr 2, 2012

The Obsessive Compulsive Jim Cramer

I attended the first ever TEDx Wall Street last week, and a fine show it was. Speakers included: Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest.com David S. Rose, Founder of New York Angels and Associate Founder of Singularity University Don Tapscott, Bestselling Author and Strategist Doug Dachille, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment…

Apr 2, 2012

The Obsessive Compulsive Jim Cramer

Mar 30, 2012

Use your face and thumb to pay

No, it's not biometrics … it's a bit weird actually. Just received a link from Matt Cross to a video of a new service that launches this Sunday, and claims to use your face and thumbs-up as a payment approval: Looks like a bit of a joke, but it's not. It's using NFC mobile…

Mar 30, 2012

Use your face and thumb to pay

Mar 30, 2012

Half a billion dollars jackpot in my sights

It’s my last day in the States and off to the New York Stock Exchange to join TEDx Wall Street – the first one ever! Staying in downtown New York is as mad as ever, but fun. What’s really fun is the lottery fervour fever. Everyone’s talking about the lottery called Mega Millions. Not surprising…

Mar 29, 2012

If you are cashless, can you survive?

I recently blogged about less cash and less branches, rather than cashless and branchless, and thought I’d follow it up with two quick stories. First, is my experience in New York this week. Went to the ATM and, as usual, my bank blocked me using my card as it was in the USA and not…

Mar 28, 2012

A Wall Street Crash through a cyberattack … could it ever happen?

I see more and more these days about cybercrime. The latest thing was a survey that landed in my inbox from PwC, which finds that cybercrime is the second most common economic crime affecting companies in the financial services sector after traditional fraud. Key findings include: In financial services, cybercrime accounts for 38% of all…

Mar 22, 2012

When It Pays to Pay Your Investment Banker

Just stumbled across a fascinating paper about bulge bracket brokers, and whether they are worth their salt or not. Andrey Golubov, Dimitris Petmezas and Nickolaos Travlos of the Cass Business School, the University of Surrey and the ALBA Graduate Business School examined almost 5,000 deals conducted between 1996 and 2009 to find out. They found…

Mar 20, 2012

First-Ever TEDx Wall Street

As mentioned the other day, we are a media partner with the first ever TEDx Wall Street, taking place on 30th March in New York. I'll be there, as will many other leaders and entrepreneurs from various industries who will convene at the New York Stock Exchange to share innovative and compelling ideas. Here's the…