Okay, this is a bumper edition of the best payments news stories in January, 2017. There has been plenty happening at the start of 2017; AliPay or Ant Financial is freely expressing its global ambitions, India is going digital with blockchain and digital payments initiatives, banks are embracing various technologies while at the same time ...
I was recently reading up on the Newcastle University report (Does The Online Card Payment Landscape Unwittingly Facilitate Fraud?) about how easy it is for fraudsters to hack credit and debit cards. The report is pretty revealing and well worth a read – but it also gets in the details of online payments systems. In this ...
Since the start of this year, i have unexpectedly had quite a few fintech companies contact me and ask if I could write a blog-post about them. It got me thinking, there must be other Fintech companies and Fintech startups that may be interested in getting their details out there. So, i have created a ...
The post 17 MUST READ Articles – Fintech Trends & Predictions 2017 has helped me get back into the swing of things. But as i read some of those articles they highlighted some technology trends that i wasn’t aware of. So i started searching for technology trends 2017 and found some pretty interesting stuff. I ...
I spent last week, while covering the World Economic Forum in Davos, (from the UK, of course!) delving into a range of themes that i wouldn’t normally get too involved in. I found it really interesting, and learnt so much – looking back, i think my tweet based guide pretty much covers the main themes ...
Check out my tweet based overview from the World Economic Forum (WEF17) Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4. From Twitter, it feels like the enthusiasm of the first few days at the WEF17 is dwindling. Maybe the attendees are getting ready to go home, or perhaps they were distracted by inauguration across the pond. Anyway, following ...
From the World Economic Forum (WEF17), check out my tweet based overview from Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. I must admit today didn’t seem to have the same buzz from previous days. Maybe they partied too hard last night…? There were a couple of interesting sessions the Digital Transformation of Industries and An Insight, An Idea ...
From the World Economic Forum (WEF17), check out my tweet based overview from Day 1 and Day 2. Some noteworthy WEF17 sessions that i recommend catching up on include a cyberattack panel and an interview with Ginni Rometty (the Chief at IBM). Following are the most intriguing tweets from Day 3 (officially day 2): 1. ...
Today was officially Day 1 of the World Economic Forum (WEF17) at Davos. But since i started my coverage yesterday, I’m calling it Day 2. Ha! Some interesting themes came up – and i reckon the next 5 tweets pretty much sum up the main events. One event i dont mention below, simply because there ...
This week is all about the World Economic Forum (WEF17) in Davos – Switzerland. Officially the WEF17 runs from 17-20th January, but the movers and shakers all seem to be in Davos and some sessions were held today. This year Davos considers the changing power balance in the world, with the main theme being “Responsive ...