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• Why personalisation will redefine the future of money November 28, 2025
  I often say that the future of money is not a technology story at all. Crypto, AI, tokenisation — these are supporting actors. The real shift taking place is personal. The individual is becoming the centre of the financial system, and the system is struggling to adapt. In my conversation with Jacob Shapiro, I traced […]
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• The network economy will put a price on everything we do October 30, 2025
  The conversation opened with a point I have made often: digital finance did not reduce the cost of credit for the poor in any country. The venture model rewarded user acquisition and monetisation, not structural change. That sets the stage for the larger transition we are living through — banking and finance are moving away […]
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• On the future of multilateralism, and guessing China’s 15th Five Year Plan October 13, 2025
  What stood out was how each of us viewed the same challenge: multilateralism is too often trapped in ideology. Whether in the form of the Sustainable Development Goals or the mandates of development banks, the rhetoric is not always matched by practical outcomes. As I said during the discussion, “we need to move away from […]
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• What if Tether becomes the backbone of global finance? October 6, 2025
  Ardoino describes a world where bottom-up adoption has overtaken the cautious pace of regulators and central banks. In places like Nigeria, Argentina and Turkey, families and small businesses use USDT not for speculation but survival, hedging against inflation and broken payment systems. That makes Tether less a crypto tool than a parallel financial network built […]
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• The China I see around the world September 23, 2025
  The Future of Finance China 2025 took place against a backdrop of deep transformation. The world economy is being reshaped by the resurgence of protectionist trade measures—most notably the United States’ reintroduction of reciprocal tariffs—and by the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence. These twin forces are challenging established frameworks of cooperation, disrupting supply chains, and […]
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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 […]
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• 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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