Why FinTechs are barking up the wrong tree April 30, 2019 While fintechs wave the flag of disruption and chant ‘financial inclusion for all’, the knights that promise to save the masses from the vagaries of traditional financial services have a more pressing agenda – profit. Both nascent and established players in consumer-facing financial service industries are searching for the holy grail that delivers droves of [...]
Commonwealth: Blockchain regulation multiplier? April 9, 2019 I first met Loretta Joseph at the CogX conference at Tobacco Dock in London’s Wapping last June. I recently caught up with her via a WhatsApp call when she was in Istanbul en route from Mauritius to Serbia. As a former banker, with 25 years of experience, she has advised international banks, hedge- and pension-funds [...]
Should investors be more concerned about China’s slowdown? February 18, 2019 The rise of China has been astonishing and its growing influence on the world is one of the economic forces discussed in our inescapable investment truths for the decade ahead. But economies don’t grow in a straight line. China is facing a transition period. It is a country we monitor closely and we believe its [...]
Blockchain and the unchanging face of motorsport November 27, 2018 SINCE its first competitive race in the early 19th century, motorsport has become one of the most popular sports in the world; attracting millions of fans from more than 194 countries all looking to benefit from the exhilarating, emotional experience of the track. However, despite its popularity and the advancement of different technologies impacting various [...]
Decentralized Exchanges are the Solution to Hackings and Customer Privacy November 21, 2018 Cryptocurrency trading platforms, both centralized and decentralized, offer diverse features and varying levels of security for users. In a time when there is growing scepticism over the reliability of cryptocurrencies, it is more important than ever before to have a trustworthy, secure, and accessible exchange to trade digital assets. Most people do not understand that [...]
Students shouldn’t have to knock on doors to get the help they need November 21, 2018 When I was approached to be the chair of the ACCA Emerging Talent Advisory group it was an opportunity I grabbed instantly. Championing social mobility is something that is very close to my heart, having grown up on a rough council estate in East London, I know exactly what it is like when you want [...]
Applying Blockchain? Don’t waste your time! November 13, 2018 Blockchain is the flavour of the month and is a technology that sits in the eye of a monumental hypestorm. It’s all the rage, and no corporate wants to miss out on the excitement. In some views, blockchain is the cure to all problems facing IT (or even society overall!), and should be applied liberally [...]
How stablecoins are bringing new trust to cryptocurrency November 13, 2018 Stablecoins are a response to the wild volatility of cryptocurrencies. As the name suggests, a ‘stable coin’ is a cryptocurrency that seeks price stability, often against the US Dollar (‘USD’) or other global currencies. Stablecoins enable businesses to accept cryptocurrency in everyday transactions without having to risk fluctuations in the value of payments from one [...]
Dare corporates not decentralise? November 13, 2018 How can a highly centralised organisation, in fact the apotheosis of centralisation, such as a top level mainstream global bank, decentralise? In a world where decentralisation is at the core of the next phase of the web and the internet this is a crucial question. The answer would seem to be it can’t. With Sir [...]
NKB Group provides a summary from inside the industry November 13, 2018 As ever, we start with Trading highlights. Bitcoin continues to fluctuate in a range of $200-300, holding steady at the 2018 lows that we have been courting for the past three months. A special level that is holding just above most crypto miners’ break-even points. Despite the raft of positive news, BTC failed its November [...]
