“We need to get back to what finance is for and how it meets the needs of the nonfinancial economy”
Author and economist John Kay says banking and finance is about four things: payments, wealth management, capital allocation, and risk...
“We do things old school, with speed and confidentiality you can’t expect from a large investment bank”
SC Lowy, independent fixed income specialist, goes head-to-head with the bulge bracket sans the multiple layers and strict regulation as...
“In London and the UK, we have a healthy ecosystem learning how to build successful fintech organisations”
Strange bedfellows they are not. CEO Lawrence Wintermeyer explains how Innovate Finance, a nonprofit organisation, has created an unexpected alliance...
“Small banks, domestic business and India are where we see opportunities”
The world of trade is probably the last bastion of paper processing and manual intervention. But Bolero is set to...
“Banks are notoriously not innovative, and in the innovation race, banks are actually lagging”
Chris Wasden makes a scathing commentary on the intransigent posture of banks as to innovation. He admonishes that unless banks...
“The best way to manage change is: You lead the change. If someone else leads the change, you have more pain.”
In this on-stage conversation with Boontuck Wungcharoen, CEO of TMB Bank and chairman of Thai Bankers’ Association, at a conference...
