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MWC19: Wanna know who the next unicorn is? Ask your kids
The MWC keynotes ended with a unicorn hunt but ARM’s kids panel showed the true way forward for the industry. Read more…
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Follow the FinTech: the new battle for control
Money, power and politics have always been linked to each other. The control of banks and finance services is an important way to use power and control macro developments. For example, anti-money laundering measures are Read more…
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Probably time to break up tech giants, says Tim Berners-Lee
LONDON (Reuters) – Silicon Valley technology giants such as Facebook and Google have grown so dominant they may need to be broken up, unless challengers or changes in taste reduce their clout, the inventor of Read more…
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Seven digital disruptions that may blindside your CIO
Gartner has compiled a list of seven digital disruptions that its says organization CIOs may not be prepared for, from quantum computing to smartphone disintermediation. Digital disruption is the single largest challenge facing enterprises and Read more…
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Five predictions for future finance disruption
Fintech, blockchain and regulatory changes are driving the finance sector towards a fundamental change. It is not so difficult to predict what will happen so much as when it will happen. History doesn’t repeat itself, Read more…
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Digital upstarts disrupt traditional bank revenues: report
New entrants to the banking market – including challenger banks, non-bank payments institutions and big tech companies – are amassing up to one-third of new revenue, which is challenging the competitiveness of traditional banks, according Read more…
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Digital tech not responsible for anaemic inflation: ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Rapid technological advances cut inflation only marginally and temporarily, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said on Monday, weighing in on one of the biggest debates in modern central banking. With much of the Read more…
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FinTechs and telcos want HK online banking licenses
HONG KONG (Reuters) – At least a dozen banks, FinTechs and telecom firms are lining up to get a piece of Hong Kong’s retail and small business banking market as the regulator prepares to award Read more…
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ACC2018: Carriers aim to turn vision into action by 2020
The Asian Carriers Conference returns to Cebu in a couple of weeks, and this year’s plenary looks ahead to the new decade as the carrier industry works to transform recent visions of 2020 into actionable Read more…
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How I learned to stop worrying and love AI disruption
There is growing concern about all the white-collar jobs that will disappear with the spread of machine learning and AI. It gets me thinking about slide rules. The connection is that innovation causes disruptions, then Read more…