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The onset of the New Year gets me thinking on what are the likely fads and buzz words in 2008. 2007 has already enriched our vocabulary with 'sub prime' , 'Ninja loans' and other such terms that a Cr...
Mobile finance is indeed on the rise, and all indications are that this industry will be at the forefront of transformation in global financial services. This is perhaps no more apparent than in devel...
At a breakfast meeting at Sibos last year Nicholas Negroponte, MIT professor and founder of the non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme, convinced even the most cynical amongst the audience - i...
A lot is riding on the little piece of technology we have in our pockets. Besides the telecoms companies and handset manufacturers the most recent industries to stake their future on the 3ounce (85g) ...
We’ve seen plenty of posts on this community that play with the idea of virtual currencies, the eradication of paper-based cheques and the ultimate demise of hard cash. The emergence of a truly digit...