Disruption

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Trial of Unavoidable-Unknowable Vulnerability

3 Oct 2022 6 minute read 0 comments naykdhodlr

Since the advent of global `connectivity’ whereby via one’s computer and mobile cellphone, access to the world has become limitless; however, as long as you had a reliable Internet or Cellular Server connection. First some background for those born a...

The Ugly Path to Avoid a War in Ukraine

5 Feb 2022 9 minute read 9 comments Matthew Rosenquist

Russian tanks may invade Ukraine before the ink is dry on this article, as part of maneuvers to undermine the independence of Ukraine.  International negotiations are underway but nobody believes they will be effective.  Everyone is fearful that a s...

Weekly Briefing No. 53 | Financial Disruptors Have Already Won the Election

24 Aug 2020 6 minute read 1 comment FinRev

Ah, November. What could be better than the Cubs, Guy Fawkes Night, Thanksgiving and the conclusion of an interminable election season? This week we look at what November 8th means for financial services disruption, as well as noting developmen...

Weekly Briefing No. 39 | Want a Fintech Career Reinvention? Go Surfing.

10 Aug 2020 5 minute read 0 comments FinRev

Surfing is a great metaphor for financial services career reinvention. We discuss why and also look at AirBnb’s lesson for fintech, Steve Cohen’s investment in Quantopian, Fidelity’s new roboadvisor offering, the latest payments news and Silicon Vall...

Investing in disruptive technology made easy

2 Aug 2020 6 minute read 3 comments Pay Now Buy Later

Researching and doing your due diligence to find 10 baggers that could dominate future industries can be tough. The tech giants who are dominating the indices now would have never been identified using traditional valuation metrics. To identify true...

Brave Browser - Disrupting the International Development Sector

23 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments rmsadkri

Brave and a New Adventure Despite the few complaints I have over Brave rewards management system, I firmly believe in their principle of rewarding users' attention. The ad-revenue distribution model they proposed has envisioned a society without the...

Guest Opinion: Mortgage Companies: Beware of Fintechs Bearing Gifts

29 May 2020 3 minute read 0 comments FinRev

It’s 2018, and Quicken Loans, the consensus tech darling of major mortgage companies, has surpassed Wells Fargo to be the top originator during the preceding year.  In rapid succession, both Bank of America and Suntrust announced digital origination...

Ethics in 4IR: a video editor's perspective

21 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments dave0livier

I recently attended IBM's Think Digital Event Experience online, where Arvind Krishna (CEO) stated that "Every company will become an AI company, not because they can but because they must." (online, 2020). It is increasingly clear that advances in t...