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21 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments fmiren
Balance Sheet Recession Balance sheet recession is one kind of economic recession that differs from other “ordinary” recessions. It is an environment in which private sector pays down its debt. Since this implies less corporate spending or investing,...
11 Dec 2023 1 minute read 11 comments Debesh Choudhury
Some Indian banks use social media for official communication! Recently, I read a LinkedIn post by Soham Sengupta that reports how his elderly father received threatening calls from an unidentified person for sharing the CVV of his Axis Bank debit ca...
29 Nov 2023 5 minute read 3 comments Kovichni
I just read this back to check for spelling/grammar and honestly it sounds a bit like ranting about nothing, but still worth a publish IMO because if only one person learned something then it was not for nothing. So on that note: Childhood-me often d...
7 Nov 2023 2 minute read 4 comments Debesh Choudhury
Massive data breach of a national digital ID system! India's Digital Identity system Aadhaar's recent data breach made it clear that Aadhaar is highly security vulnerable and a broken ID system! More than 81 crores (0.81 billion) of Indian citizens'...
6 Nov 2023 3 minute read 1 comment ssaurel
The name NatWest may mean nothing to you if you don't live in Europe, or more precisely in the UK. However, NatWest, better known by its full name of National Westminster Bank, is a major retail commercial bank in the UK. If NatWest has been in the n...
20 Oct 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Messin' With Cryptos
Hey folks, before you get started, this is a sequel to an article I wrote earlier in the month: Why Are Stablecoins Leaving the Market? Because TradFi simply has better rates All of those deals are currently still active, so if you’d like to take a...
17 Oct 2023 4 minute read 0 comments fmiren
In light of the recent fears of recession and several bank failures I think it's time to talk about patterns of banking crises. How and why do they occur? Can we predict and avoid them? One of the best books on the history of financial crises is “Thi...
30 Sep 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
It is no accident that bitcoin was created in the aftermath of 2008 financial crisis. We’ve gradually been trained to distrust governments and banks. We haven’t been trained to do that by fanatics or as part of our education, nope, it was everyday...
27 Sep 2023 2 minute read 12 comments Debesh Choudhury
Aadhaar is a broken digital identity project of India! Adopting biometrics as an authentication factor made Aadhaar a pain for Indian citizens! They lose money almost every day from their bank accounts! Daily, poor citizens lose money from their...
27 Sep 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
I read somewhere that one of the biggest mistakes we can make is to assume that just because somebody's in a high-ranking position to do a job, that person is actually qualified for the job. In other words, just because they make the big bucks, it d...
