Blockchain's star is beginning to fade – but don’t write it off just yet, says Chris Skinner.
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Finance and tech: misunderstanding squared
October 1, 2019Using agile methodologies can help break down the barriers to understanding between techies and bankers, says Chris Skinner.
Ripple and Swift: best of frenemies?
September 2, 2019The battle royal between incumbent infrastructure consortium Swift and challenger Ripple may be cooling after years of heated disagreement.
Are fintech unicorns really leprechauns?
August 1, 2019Start-ups are grabbing headlines with their eye-watering valuations, but there seems to be something illusory about the numbers.
Disruption is a yawn – but don't ignore it
July 2, 2019Disruption may be a term both overused and under-delivered on, but ignore it at your peril.
Getting to the core of banks' legacy problems
June 3, 2019Legacy core banking systems are well past their shelf life and adding on new layers of functionality at the front end just won’t make the grade, writes Chris Skinner.
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The tug of war for tech talent
May 1, 2019How can banks tempt coders away from the big tech titans or the exciting start-up world of unicorns, centaurs and ponies?
Traditional banks' slow route to irrelevance
April 1, 2019Traditional banks' procedures to open new accounts are so cumbersome and time consuming, they could drive customers into the more efficient arms of challengers.
Technology can never fully replace the human touch
March 1, 2019It is hard to understate the importance of digital transformation and all things tech in banking, writes Chris Skinner, but humans will always have their part to play.
When banking's security and tech's excitement meet
February 1, 2019Dealing with technology through money is a different game to dealing with money through technology. However, as Chris Skinner writes, the two are merging in an intriguing way.