Tag: technology
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“Zero to One” (Book Review)
Whatever you think of Peter Thiel, he’s got a lot of ‘street cred’ in the world of technology and venture capital. We all know how he founded PayPal and turned it into a billion dollar company. As a tech investor, Thiel is widely known for being an early investor in the likes of Facebook and…
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ipagoo (Product Review)
“Accounts designed for the 21st century” is the main strap-line of ipagoo, a Fintech startup that offers multi-country and cross-currency accounts. I was intrigued by this concept and decided to download ipagoo’s new iOS app and write a quick review: My quick summary of ipagoo (before using it) – I expect ipagoo to offer services…
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Receipt Bank (Product Review)
It isn’t often that one of the apps that I use on a regular basis attracts a large round of funding but it happened recently with Receipt Bank, a London based started which “makes your bookkeeping, faster, easier and more efficient.” Last month, Receipt Bank received a Series B investment worth $50 million from New…
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Toutiao (Product Review)
Fig. 1 – Screenshot of www.toutiao.com/ homepage When I first heard about Toutiao I thought it might be just another news app, this coming one from China. I learned, however, very quickly that Toutiao is much more than just a news app; at the time of writing, Toutiao has more than 700 million users in total, with…
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How PSD2 is set to shake banking up as we know it …
“Banking is necessary. Banks are not.” Yep. Bill Gates said it. Back in 1994. And 28 years later, it’s it’s set to become reality. From the 1st January 2018, banking will no longer be the exclusive domain of banking institutions because PSD2 is going to drastically alter the way in which we bank. The biggest consequence is that…
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