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How many employees does it take to create $1 billion of value?
I was looking at some numbers comparing the world’s biggest banks with the world’s biggest fintech firms and realised that we may have been measuring the wrong thing. We normally compare banks and fintechs by customers, revenues, profits, assets and market capitalisation. We argue about whether fintech is really disrupting banking, whether the challengers will……
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Things worth reading: 25th September 2026
Things we’re reading today include … Revolut Wins Central Bank Approval to Acquire Argentine Bank Big Brother Watch comment on digital bank Revolut rolling out ‘pay by face’ technology Eurozone Bank Loans to Businesses Halved in August After ECB Interest Rate Hikes MPs to consider whether Bank of England’s remit is ‘fit for purpose’ UK……
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Things worth reading: 24th September 2026
Things we’re reading today include … AI regulation must be grounded in human rights CADA, DORA, AI Act: Can EU Banking Rules Simplify? Connecting payment systems, linking economies ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market Connecting payment systems, linking economies (by the ECB) Fintech Wants the Keys to the Bank AI won’t save us……
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The Finanser’s Week: September 21st – September 27th 2026
This week’s main blog discussions include … How many employees does it take to create $1 billion of value? I was looking at some numbers comparing the world’s biggest banks with the world’s biggest fintech firms and realised that we may have been measuring the wrong thing. We normally compare banks and fintechs by customers,……
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When the machines go shopping
MasterCard just produced an interesting range of views about the future of shopping and money using visionaries like my friend Theo Lau, who alerted me to the report. Download the report here. A quick summary. We have spent the last years talking about artificial intelligence as though the big change is that we will have……
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When the machines go shopping
MasterCard just produced an interesting range of views about the future of shopping and money using visionaries like my friend Theo Lau, who alerted me to the report. Download the report here. A quick summary. We have spent the last years talking about artificial intelligence as though the big change is that we will have……
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When the machines go shopping
MasterCard just produced an interesting range of views about the future of shopping and money using visionaries like my friend Theo Lau, who alerted me to the report. Download the report here. A quick summary. We have spent the last years talking about artificial intelligence as though the big change is that we will have……
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When the machines go shopping
MasterCard just produced an interesting range of views about the future of shopping and money using visionaries like my friend Theo Lau, who alerted me to the report. Download the report here. A quick summary. We have spent the last years talking about artificial intelligence as though the big change is that we will have……
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When the machines go shopping
MasterCard just produced an interesting range of views about the future of shopping and money using visionaries like my friend Theo Lau, who alerted me to the report. Download the report here. A quick summary. We have spent the last years talking about artificial intelligence as though the big change is that we will have……
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When the machines go shopping
MasterCard just produced an interesting range of views about the future of shopping and money using visionaries like my friend Theo Lau, who alerted me to the report. Download the report here. A quick summary. We have spent the last years talking about artificial intelligence as though the big change is that we will have……