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Way back in the seventies, i studied architecture at Sint-Lucas School of Architecture in Brussels and Ghent. Apparently – after 150 years of existence – the school is since 2012/2013 part of the LUCA School of Arts in association with the Catholic University of Leuven as the “Faculty of Architecture” At the time the Ghent campus was located […]
Why Ebola might finally kill cash
The Fear Factor on Ebola is over the top right now. We are spending countless hours in the media analyzing footage of health workers, figuring out how a nurse in Texas contracted the disease despite strict quarantine procedures, and debating over whether to travel on aircraft. In all of this though, the transmission methods of […]
My head is in the clouds
Like a few other speakers and writers, I get around a little. Recently, it seems like I get around a lot and, just in case, if I ever seem to be writing, speaking or talking to you as though I’m…
Things worth reading: 17th October 2014
Things we’re reading today include … Moynihan reshapes Bank of America for an era without big legal costs PayPal spinoff seen critical for eBay amid e-commerce weakness Goldman Sachs profits soar on bond market resurgence Exclusive: Goldman Sachs in talks…
You might believe you can change the system (but it’s far more likely the system will change you)
I got into a great discussion yesterday about the wild, Wild West of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin. The dialogue was with a new bright-eyed MBA graduate, who believes this is the future. I felt pretty bad to be the old Gandalfian…
Congratulations to Easypaisa on its 5th year Anniversary!
Easypaisa celebrates 5 years in Pakistan! On 15th of October 2009, Telenor Pakistan and Tameer Micro Finance Bank partnered to launch Easypaisa – Pakistan’s first Mobile Financial Service. There were only 5,000 ATMs and 10,000 Bank branches in … Continue reading →
Things worth reading: 16th October 2014
Things we’re reading today include … Four things we’ve learned from the results posted by Wall Street giants so far Goldman Sachs profits leap 50% JPMorgan’s profit misses; posts unexpected $1 billion legal expense Citi pullback highlights Asia importance The…
The UBER Bank idea
Uber made a difference in already three of my recent trips : one being Bogota, for last year Nextbank, the second being Boston and now I know I will extensively use the service in Mexico City for NextBank Americas (I am actually writing this post in the long 11 hours flight to get there). […]
Banks are slumbering (please wake up)
Social media? Give it to marketing I just attended the EFMA Marketing Summit in Barcelona, and used my usual slide that talks about social: “you need to be social, because that’s where the customer is”. I have said that a…
Things worth reading: 15th October 2014
Things we’re reading today include … Government sells £2.7bn of ‘bad bank’ mortgages to JP Morgan JP Morgan posts profit of $5.6bn JPMorgan expects another $1bn hit from scandals ‘I lost £28,000 mortgage deposit': How to get back money sent…