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How will Agentic AI change payments and finance?
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (1644+ words) Shaping the future of finance I was recently interviewed for a podcast about Agentic AI in payments and finance. Here’s how the interview went: You’ve been writing and speaking about agentic commerce for a while. When did it click for…...
Agentic commerce is about to reinvent payments
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (498+ words) Shaping the future of finance There are moments in technology when something shifts so fundamentally that the existing infrastructure suddenly looks like it belongs to another era. We saw it with the internet, when pages became platforms. We saw it…...
Pulp Finction arrives … and the reviews are in
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (937+ words) Shaping the future of finance One of the things I have always struggled with is that most books about finance are either informative or entertaining. Very few manage to be both. It’s a new genre I call Pulp Finction, where…...
Why would Stripe buy PayPal?
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (496+ words) Shaping the future of finance At first glance, the obvious question is why Stripe would buy a company that many people think has already peaked. The better question is why Stripe would not. Let’s start from the very beginning, as…...
The fintech rollercoaster: is today’s unicorn tomorrow’s write-off?
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (555+ words) Shaping the future of finance Every now and again I look at the week’s fintech headlines and realise they tell a much bigger story than anyone intended. This week was one of those weeks. UK Fintech Dominance: Unicorn Count Hits…...
The branch debate rolls on...
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (797+ words) Shaping the future of finance Why are we still talking about branch or not to branch? The debate about bank branches has become oddly polarised. One side argues that branches are an expensive relic of the twentieth century. The other…...
Money talks, wealth whispers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (373+ words) Shaping the future of finance I’m no longer convinced that’s true. Money certainly talks. It always has. It buys the sports car, the penthouse apartment, the designer wardrobe and the Instagram lifestyle designed to persuade strangers that you’ve somehow won…...
The Finanser’s Week: 6th July – 12th July 2026
1+ week, 2+ day ago (331+ words) Shaping the future of finance This week’s main blog discussions include … Crypto and Politico: One Step Beyond For years I thought cryptocurrency was a fascinating financial experiment. It challenged banks, questioned governments and forced regulators to think differently about money....
Taylor takes a tumble
1+ week, 4+ day ago (738+ words) Shaping the future of finance There was an interesting reaction to the reports surrounding Taylor Swift’s lavish wedding. It wasn’t really about the money. Everyone knows she’s a billionaire and nobody expected a modest ceremony in the local church hall....
Wars aren’t won by soldiers … they’re won by banks
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1031+ words) Shaping the future of finance We often think wars are won with missiles, tanks and soldiers. In reality, they are won with banks. Every shell that is fired, every drone that is launched and every factory that shifts from producing…...