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I always remember walking into Barclays in Canary Wharf and having a Boardroom meeting. We looked over to HSBC and realised that they were bigger (200 metres versus 156). Then there was Citibank, also 200 metres. Bar stewards. But now there’s JPMorgan. The American bank is building a new tower that will be bigger than……

I always remember walking into Barclays in Canary Wharf and having a Boardroom meeting. We looked over to HSBC and realised that they were bigger (200 metres versus 156). Then there was Citibank, also 200 metres. Bar stewards. But now there’s JPMorgan. The American bank is building a new tower that will be bigger than……

We’ve moved from simplicity to fragmentation and now we’re struggling with the consequences. In short, we’ve built a highly fragmented financial world in the name of innovation and now the next phase is about reconnecting it, simplifying it, and making it usable again. By way of example, you have to launch several different apps to……

I was recently interviewed by the International Finance Magazine about Revolut getting their UK banking licence and what this means to banks in general. Here’s the discussion: With Revolut securing a UK banking licence after years of scrutiny, do you see this as part of a broader shift where fintech platforms are evolving into fully regulated banks?……

I keep seeing the same pattern emerging in AI conversations right now. Everyone says: we need better tools but, when you dig into what the leading firms are saying – McKinsey, IBM, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, Accenture, Anthropic and OpenAI – they’re all coming to the same conclusion: It’s not the technology that’s broken. It’s……

Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus.   Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a very different ecosystemthan the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App Store’s 30% cut is under pressure, the behind-the-scenes power Apple once…

A new era is on the way for Apple as Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus.   Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also stepping into a very different ecosystem than the one Cook spent decades shaping. The App…

This week’s main discussions include … Will global fintech banks destroy traditional banking? I was recently interviewed by the International Finance Magazine about Revolut getting their UK banking licence and what this means to banks in general. Here’s the discussion: With Revolut securing a UK banking licence after years of scrutiny, do you see this as part……

Things we’re reading today include … Sir David Attenborough preferred over Churchill on new banknotes, Bank of England consultation finds NatWest faces AGM showdown over ‘climate backtracking’ Make Way for the Investment Bank Influencers Global stock markets are too high and set to fall, says Bank of England deputy Deep Dive: The Emergence of the……

I hesitate to write this, as my Polish friends have been asking me to keep it secret – that is the Polish way, humble but hopeful – but, as a Brit who moved to Poland in 2018, I can see it: Poland is the leading country of Europe today. It is the country that supported……