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The Finanser’s Week: 13th October – 19th October 2025
This week’s main blog discussions include … OK boomer! Mortgage by machines When I was a lad, to get a mortgage was a complex process. You would go to the bank for a meeting with the branch manager. The branch manager would assess you, your job security, work status and salary and, if all boxes……
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Things worth reading: 20th October 2025
Things we’re reading today include … Mr Beast is launching a bank! Fintech industry takes aim at ‘logic-defying’ banking watchdog Top 5 Stories in FinTech From the Last Week | FinTech Magazine Bank of England boss claims Brexit will damage economy for ‘foreseeable future’ Commonwealth Bank says that cash will soon be ‘non-existent’ How apps……
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Islamic finance is all about justice and equality
I was honoured to be invited to Kuala Lumpur to join the Global Islamic Finance Forum last week. Why? Because they had the Royal Sultan speak over dinner and the Prime Minister of Malaysia give a keynote speech? Yes but, more than this, I learned a lot. In particular, during my panel session, someone asked……
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Things worth reading: 21st October 2025
Things we’re reading today include … The Top 100 Fintech firms Pig butchering, bitcoin, and the biggest crypto seizure in DoJ history: What it means for fintech The impact of fintech on lending British fintech Revolut granted banking license in Mexico Why EU and US Banks Are Racing to Issue Stablecoins Amazon services ‘recovering’ as……
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AII: Artificially Intelligent Islam
I was going to write up my panel discussion during the GIFF (Global Islamic Finance Forum) but Zawya did the job for me. Having said that, their website is quite difficult to access due to location restrictions and so I’m just going to cut and paste their summary here. Hope you like it! Revolutionising Islamic……
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Things worth reading: 22nd October 2025
Things we’re reading today include … Bank of England chief warns of ‘worrying echoes’ of 2008 financial crisis Bank Of England Governor Andrew Bailey Criticized For Being Unnecessarily “Inflammatory” About Stablecoins Government needs to ‘get behind’ fintech, Innovate Finance boss says Kraken UK boss: The one thing Britain must do to recapture fintech crown UK……
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What have you done today to make you feel proud?
I walked away from the Global Islamic Finance Forum (GIFF) with two quotes that I can’t get out of my head. The first: “a rising tide lifts all boats” from John F. Kennedy, 1963. The second: it is “better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep” by Tipu……
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Things worth reading: 23rd October 2025
Things we’re reading today include … A MrBeast bank? One more step towards a dystopian future … Regulatory Simplification in the EU banking sector Bank watchdog boss says ‘plenty to worry about’ including AI bubble risk Bank of England under fire for internship that excludes white students Atom Bank moves offices and unveils plans to……
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Status quo is better than perturbatio
I have blogged often about change and how people avoid it (who moved my cheese?), but it cropped up again the other day when I was reading Harvard’s Rosabeth Moss Kanter* thoughts on business. She has six key principles for business: Show up. Speak up. Look up. Team up. Never give up. Lift others up. Many……
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Status quo is better than perturbatio
I have blogged often about change and how people avoid it (who moved my cheese?), but it cropped up again the other day when I was reading Harvard’s Rosabeth Moss Kanter* thoughts on business. She has six key principles for business: Show up. Speak up. Look up. Team up. Never give up. Lift others up. Many……
