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We live in a world where an ever growing amount of us have Fitbits, Jawbones and other tracking devices that are increasingly measuring and comparing our physical performance. We know how many steps
Like it or not, Brexit is here to stay. Whichever way you voted on 23rd June, the short-term consequences are starting to become clear – even if the long-term effects of leaving the EU have left opini...
The idea of Pensions ISAs was raised earlier this year; to make pensions more like ISAs where contributions are taxed but gains and withdrawals are tax free. This is opposite to the current pension sy...
A recent study by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that banks were turning away or closing the accounts of customers deemed to be high risk, which includes foreign nationals and students. I...
The situation in Saudi Arabia for overseas workers is critical. During the oil boom migrant workers went from 5.3M in 2000 to 10.2M in 2015 according to UN figures. More than 1M have lost their jobs i...
We all know that technology is transforming business models. Take the short term high cost credit sector and its estimated 10 million customers who are excluded from mainstream finance. This sector ha...
A recent study by Opinium found that approximately 64% of registered voters aged 18-24 voted in last month’s EU Referendum, compared to 90% of over-65s. I believe this is because young people do not f...
The Centre for Policy Studies, a think tank, recently suggested in a report that pension pots worth £2,000 or less should not face any fees or charges. They argued that this, coupled with the planned ...
A lot has been written about the existential threat that fintech supposedly represents to traditional banks. In one popular narrative, banks are characterized as obsolete dinosaurs, lumbering towards ...
Brexit still remains a hot topic in the media. The consequences of the British referendum will have—well, they already do—a profound impact on the world’s economy. Fintech companies are no exception t...
Women make up more than half of the world’s population and studies predict that in a decade their impact on the global economy as entrepreneurs, employees, producers and consumers will be as significa...
In today’s hyper-regulated Banking and Capital Markets landscape, institutions transacting business in key regions have aggressively implemented (albeit cautiously) intricate enterprise-wide control f...