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Designing our next banknotes: Notey McNoteFace?
The Bank of England launched a platform yesterday for anyone to suggest who should be on Britain’s next generation of banknotes. Here’s the verbatim: As we begin to design the next series of banknotes, we invite you to share your views on potential themes. Our banknotes have celebrated notable historical figures since 1970, when William Shakespeare……
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Things worth reading: 4th July 2025
Things we’re reading today include … Tech Billionaires Launch Erebor Bank for Crypto Startups Post SVB Collapse British banking chiefs take a leaf from Elon Musk’s DOGE Monzo Co-Founder Jason Bates Plots to Build the Revolut of Private Banking By Reviving a Disgraced Monaco Bank Elon Musk’s X to offer investment and trading in ‘super……
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A PayPal meltdown
I just booked a hotel stay in London the other day, confirmed with PayPal but then, shortly after checking my PayPal account, it showed two transactions. Thinking I had paid for the booking twice, I raised a dispute with hotels.com and PayPal about two charges. Now, as regular users of PayPal would know, it’s not……
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The Finanser’s Week: 30th June – 6th July 2025
This week’s main blog discussions include … Designing our next banknotes: Notey McNoteFace? The Bank of England launched a platform yesterday for anyone to suggest who should be on Britain’s next generation of banknotes. Here’s the verbatim: As we begin to design the next series of banknotes, we invite you to share your views on potential……
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Things worth reading: 7th July 2025
Things we’re reading today include … Bitcoin investor (Roger Ver?) moves $8 billion worth of crypto after 14 years Secret Service Builds International Network to Fight Crypto Crime The transformative power of AI in fintech – Lloyds Banking Group Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank British fintech Zilch……
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The billionaires who control your lives, and Elon’s vision for the future
WARNING: THIS BLOG IS POLITICAL I often talk about the tech billionaires who control our lives. Why blog about this today? Well, a few disturbing developments. One is Elon Musk – you probably already know about his issues – thinking of launching a new American political party; but the other, and more intriguing, is an……
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Designing our next banknotes: Notey McNoteFace?
The Bank of England launched a platform yesterday for anyone to suggest who should be on Britain’s next generation of banknotes. Here’s the verbatim: As we begin to design the next series of banknotes, we invite you to share your views on potential themes. Our banknotes have celebrated notable historical figures since 1970, when William Shakespeare……
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Designing our next banknotes: Notey McNoteFace?
The Bank of England launched a platform yesterday for anyone to suggest who should be on Britain’s next generation of banknotes. Here’s the verbatim: As we begin to design the next series of banknotes, we invite you to share your views on potential themes. Our banknotes have celebrated notable historical figures since 1970, when William Shakespeare……
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Designing our next banknotes: Notey McNoteFace?
The Bank of England launched a platform yesterday for anyone to suggest who should be on Britain’s next generation of banknotes. Here’s the verbatim: As we begin to design the next series of banknotes, we invite you to share your views on potential themes. Our banknotes have celebrated notable historical figures since 1970, when William Shakespeare……
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Designing our next banknotes: Notey McNoteFace?
The Bank of England launched a platform yesterday for anyone to suggest who should be on Britain’s next generation of banknotes. Here’s the verbatim: As we begin to design the next series of banknotes, we invite you to share your views on potential themes. Our banknotes have celebrated notable historical figures since 1970, when William Shakespeare……
