The Fintechnologist
Conversations about FinTech & everything else
Verified Vintages: Fighting Wine Counterfeiting with Blockchain
The luxury wine sector thrives as a multi-billion dollar enterprise, but so is wine counterfeit and fraud, which is not...
Read MoreDavid Carlisle and The Crypto Launderers
David Carlisle is Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Elliptic, the Blockchain analytics firm. He is also an...
Read MoreAI Under the Microscope: How Global Regulators & Lawmakers are Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Time flies when you are having fun and sometimes it moves so fast, events might overtake you whilst you are...
Read MoreHyper Hyper – A Story Of Loops And Cycles
Just my luck… A couple of years ago, I was due to give a presentation about blockchain and regulation. It...
Read MoreA Whisper in the Walls: AI Unchecked
Regulating innovation is in most cases a balancing act: act to soon and you might stifle it, at times even...
Read MoreBinary Bricks: Navigating the New Era of Real Estate Tokenization
The Real Estate industry, a cornerstone of modern society, is an ever-evolving realm that profoundly influences our lives. From the...
Read MoreThe Future of FinTech Blogging
Blogging is dead. Why would anyone care about what some girl or guy somewhere around the world had to write...
Read MoreThreads. A User Experience.
Threads has launched to much fanfare, but is it any good? A first impression by a seasoned Twitter user. One...
Read MoreMartin Schilling and The Builder’s Guide to the Tech Galaxy
Martin Schilling is an angel investor, startup builder, and scale-up executive. Having co-created and scaled several companies, including a McKinsey...
Read MoreThe Eternal Problem of Financial Innovation
Much has been written about the FTX scandal, but while this story provides plenty of material for the next Netflix...
Read MoreBlockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Energy Consumption
Blockchain and Wine A few weeks ago, I attended a hybrid event on Blockchain in the wine industry organized by...
Read MoreThe NFT Handbook: The FinTechnologist and Matt Fortnow
Matt Fortnow is a true veteran in the tech startup space: Matt cofounded Commissioner.com in 1996, the Internet’s first fantasy...
Read MoreBanks and FinTech on Platform Economies: A conversation with Paolo Sironi
When we first met a few years ago following the launch of his second book, FinTech Innovation, I looked to...
Read MoreBusiness Financial Information Secrets: A Conversation with Tage Tracy
Tage C. Tracy has helped CFOs and Decision makers at executive level with guidance and support with raising debt and...
Read MoreNew Crypto records, ETFs finally, Inside Wirecard and Greening Finance
Bitcoin went through the roof and part of this development might be to due the long-anticipated start of two BTC...
Read MoreFinTech, Blockchain, DeFi and everything else
Is it the gold age of FinTech or not? This week it’s all about pro and con and an unexpected...
Read MoreMarket Abuse in Crypto Markets and a Regulator’s Challenges
It’s been a week of mind-boggling numbers in the news: whether you look at the work of professionals working the...
Read MoreRecord Fees, The Box of the Pandora plus Who owns Bitcoin
The night is always darkest before the dawn, they say. Is that true for crypto, too? Well, last week the...
Read MoreRestartup: A Conversation with Arun Krishnakumar
Arunkumar Krishnakumar is a successful VC and tech investor focused on emerging markets and social impact with GreenShores Capital and...
Read MoreLast Nails, Startup Success & One Small Picture
Sincere apologies for a break but last week so my first proper business travel to the motherland. After Covid had...
Read MoreBack to the Office, Enforcement Action and Election Battles
Wherever you look the authorities seem to be picking a fight, but sometimes it’s not so much about rule breaking...
Read MoreCrypto Laundering, AIs Impact and FinTech abroad
It is all about perspective and there are often (at least) two sides to a story. That’s, of course, true...
Read MoreWise Moves, Tax Crackdowns and the Great FinTech Frenzy
It’s half-time! Don’t worry, I’m not referring to the European Football Championships, which come to a close last night, but...
Read MoreFT Funding, Crypto Laws & Learning from Failures
If there has been one dominant topic in the past week, it has been the talk about new and coming...
Read MoreCrypto Gloom, Busy Regulators and the Rise of DeFi
Oh my! Bitcoin and friends have taken another dive last week with the price of BTC hitting pre-bull run levels....
Read MoreCatching up, Delays and the Smartest Guys in the Room
Making a decision can be tricky but not making it yourself doesn’t mean it dosesn’t get decided. Confused? Don’t worry,...
Read MoreBack to the Future and the Future of RegTech
Back for good after a brief hiatus and right on for a massive fintech deal! There’s plenty more though of...
Read MoreA Boost for FinTech, the Environment and Blockchain?
A lot of good news for FinTech, especially in the UK, but also a lot of reading about the regulation...
Read MoreChinese Regulations and Quite A Bit Of Investment
Another week, another Bitcoin all-time high, this time at approximately $64,829 (depending on who you believe – this number is...
Read MoreNew & Old FinTech Riches or Show Me The Money
Unseasonal cold weather across Europe that has led to severe damages for farmers in particular in France and there bad...
Read MoreJust having a laugh or interested in numbers?
How was April Fool’s Day? Did you experience anything funny or has the ongoing pandemic drowned all the laughter? If...
Read MoreFinTech elsewhere, Bitcoin and Fraud plus other Risks ahead
Bitcoin couldn’t keep up the pace and immediately the warning bells ring though the real risks might lie elsewhere. This...
Read MoreA New All-time High and FinTech regulation talk
The big news this week is another Bitcoin record, but those were not the only news in the world of...
Read MoreNew Beginnings in a time of Crisis and Opportunities
After year of Covid pandemic and related restrictions, it’s time to turn a page and open a new chapter. Getting...
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