Category: FinTech

  • With no funding, you can’t fight

    As you know, I don’t like entering the political sphere too much as it’s way too controversial, but I’ve just got around to watching the BBC Panorama programme aired on February 19 about Hamas’s secret financial empire. It’s fascinating and, unfortunately, only available on the BBC iPlayer, as far as I know. It’s well worth……

  • With no funding, you can’t fight

    As you know, I don’t like entering the political sphere too much as it’s way too controversial, but I’ve just got around to watching the BBC Panorama programme aired on February 19 about Hamas’s secret financial empire. It’s fascinating and, unfortunately, only available on the BBC iPlayer, as far as I know. It’s well worth……

  • With no funding, you can’t fight

    As you know, I don’t like entering the political sphere too much as it’s way too controversial, but I’ve just got around to watching the BBC Panorama programme aired on February 19 about Hamas’s secret financial empire. It’s fascinating and, unfortunately, only available on the BBC iPlayer, as far as I know. It’s well worth……

  • With no funding, you can’t fight

    As you know, I don’t like entering the political sphere too much as it’s way too controversial, but I’ve just got around to watching the BBC Panorama programme aired on February 19 about Hamas’s secret financial empire. It’s fascinating and, unfortunately, only available on the BBC iPlayer, as far as I know. It’s well worth……

  • With no funding, you can’t fight

    As you know, I don’t like entering the political sphere too much as it’s way too controversial, but I’ve just got around to watching the BBC Panorama programme aired on February 19 about Hamas’s secret financial empire. It’s fascinating and, unfortunately, only available on the BBC iPlayer, as far as I know. It’s well worth……

  • Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

    I’ve just had several incidents with traditional banks digitally that made me realise they really are screwed. You may have noticed this in my recent blogging, but here are three specific insights that illustrated the point. The first is the fact that I keep having to open the bank’s app to find out what’s going……

  • Things worth reading: 26th March 2024

    Things we’re reading today include … Irish fintech investment plunges 94% amid global decline, KPMG says – The Irish Times Amid Fintech Slowdown, Goldman Sachs-Backed Startup Considers Sale (forbes.com) Is Chime Ready For An IPO? It Has More Primary Customers Than Chase (forbes.com) SWIFT planning launch of new central bank digital currency platform in 12-24……

  • Maju Kuruvilla is out as CEO of one-click checkout company Bolt

    Maju Kuruvilla is no longer CEO of one-click checkout company Bolt. He is replaced by Justin Grooms, Bolt’s global head of sales, who is now interim CEO, according to Grooms’ LinkedIn profile. Kuruvilla didn’t have much to say about the change but did confirm it both on LinkedIn and X, by posting, simply “One-Click Checkedout…

  • Junior, senior coders split on the use of gen AI

    PNC Financial Services’ junior and senior coders are split on how much they can rely on generative AI for code generation and writing.  Junior coders use gen AI for code writing more than senior coders, Scott Kinross, senior vice president and software engineering director at PNC Financial Services, said at Bank Automation Summit U.S. 2024…

  • Arc planning global expansion

    Arc Technologies looks to expand its global footprint, grow revenue and gain business customers over the next five years.  The digital bank plans to continue to partner with financial institutions “both in the U.S. and internationally,” Don Muir, co-founder and chief executive, said March 18 during a fireside chat at Bank Automation Summit U.S. 2024…