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• India’s losing game September 5, 2025
  So far, India has been playing the geopolitical stage as if it could have its cake and eat it. It is a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), the US-sponsored anti-China coalition, while at the same time a member of the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), while still having unresolved border disputes with two […]
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• Who really runs the world? Follow the money September 2, 2025
  How does financial architecture shape the world order? In this conversation with Chris, I explained why finance is not just a backdrop to geopolitics but one of its driving forces. The evolution of the US dollar, the rise of China, and the disruptive force of digital currencies all point to how power is being contested […]
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• From the dollar to stable coins… August 1, 2025
  Moneer Barazi is more of a global investment strategist. So his questions to me were centered on geo-political trends in the area of finance that affects how his clients should view their investment strategies. We covered everything from capital flows and trade dynamics to the role of decentralised networks and personalised finance. I also talked […]
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• Even destitute countries need advanced nursing skills July 15, 2025
  Professor Joy Notter and Chris Carter, are highly qualified professional nurses and academics at the Birmingham City University, who have made it their life’s calling to help developing countries build advanced level nursing training programmes. Not basic nurse training but advanced training in emergency, intensive care, pandemics and so on that developing countries need as […]
  Emmanuel Daniel
• How innovation hubs get created June 30, 2025
  The CEIBS International Conference was held alongside the famous Lujiazui Forum on 19 June 2025. The annual Lujiazui Forum is where the Chinese central government outlines its policy objectives for the financial services industry. The CEIB runs it own forum alongside to drill down on practical implementation issues that the country can consider. So foreigners […]
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• Trust the data, take the leap! May 30, 2025
  Just a few weeks before giving this speech, I was in Zambia, and visiting the border town of Livingstone with the specific purpose of reading the missionary David Livingstone’s letters in the local museum. The opportunity chanced on me to do something that I had been wanting to do all my life, but somehow never […]
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• Who better to ask if the U.S. will move from physical to digital dollars? May 26, 2025
  I spent a day hosting Rosie Rios, the 43rd Treasurer of the U.S. whose signature is on $1.8 trillion worth of physical dollar notes, and who is now a director at Ripple, making her just the right person to ask how the digital dollar will evolve. She sounded optimistic, but in a qualified way, which […]
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• Finally, a post-retirement fireside chat with the real Piyush Gupta May 20, 2025
  When Piyush Gupta announced his retirement from Singapore’s DBS Bank, I immediately told our research team and they submitted his name for this year’s William “Bill” Seidman Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Financial Services Industry. This was put through our council of advisors who approved it unanimously. His achievements were nothing short of amazing. […]
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• What if Trump “succeeds” in his tariff war? May 8, 2025
  There are many reasons to dislike Donald Trump and be suspicious about where he is taking the US and the rest of the world with him. I personally have huge issues with many of the things he says, the ways in which he has no accountability for his words and actions and the people he […]
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• The personalisation of finance – and why banks are struggling to keep up May 2, 2025
  I joined The Road to Growth podcast with Vinnie Enriquez to discuss the future of banking, crypto, and the real reason financial institutions resist change. It’s not about technology. It’s about mindset. After working with banks in over 120 countries, I’ve seen how quickly the industry shifts—when it wants to. But in this episode, we […]
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