July 24, 2017
“It’s gonna be great!” If the Donald were to tweet on Blockchain, those would be his words. Like the rest of us though, he would not be clear on when and we would all be a little vague on that phrase so beloved of our colleagues in Agile development; “the definition of done”. Despair not […]
April 10, 2017
Local: where we are, where we live, where we spend our time. Something so close is something we are likely to care about quite a lot. Digital and perhaps Blockchain aka DLT could make a big difference to our experience. The services in our local village, just outside Zurich, are important to our family. We […]
January 15, 2017
“Is the Blockchain going to be useful? Discuss.” This would be a valid and great exam question. Good news; the good folks chez UBS have done some great research on this. Yes, big banks and useful in the same breath. “Cutting through the blockchain hype” is worth paying attention to for a number of reasons: […]
November 28, 2016
PSD2. Not a new Sony game console, but a European directive aimed at setting standards requiring banks to open up their systems. Essentially this has things FinTech at its core. Regulation will do something for clients. The Blockchain could help do more. About PSD2 One of the requirements is for banks to open up their […]
October 11, 2016
This week: news on two things Blockchain and payments, one a real life proof of concept, the other of good intentions. Lastly a thought about how regulation in Europe will force some change in the payments space though not as much as we think. First, news of a successful proof of concept in the correspondent […]
October 3, 2016
SIBOS, probably the largest global gathering of the FS profession, took place in Geneva last week. Not surprisingly, this was a catalyst for many announcements on matters FinTech. FinTech is a tricky subject to keep up with and that effort has something in common with trying to stay on top of things clearing, Dodd Frank […]