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My fridge can disrupt your Bank

Matthew Griffin

For banks one of the first potential opportunities comes not from some fantastically complicated financial instrument but from the common a garden fridge. . The Internet of Things might not immediately look like a banks dream trend but with a little bit of lateral thinking it could be the biggest market you’ve ever played in.

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Disruptive Energy.

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By any measure, that was a disruptive statement. According to the World Bank, Costa Rica used 1370 watts per capita in 2013. Bulb is a new energy supplier in the UK that’s disrupting the energy supplier market. Shocked by such a statement from a company head, I checked it was OK to print the quote.

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Could a high street Bank challenge Apple?

Matthew Griffin

Initiatives like Level 39, Finance Innovate and Fintech50 have helped position the UK as a Fintech powerhouse and the new UK Government has made it clear that it wants the UK to be at the forefront of Financial Services innovation and enabling more innovation around bank data is one way to ensure that that happens. Conclusion.

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When Pundits Say That Robots Will Take Our Jobs, Remember These 4 Things

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trillion dollars in wages are highly susceptible to automation and a 2013 Oxford study that found 47% of jobs will be replaced. The number of bank tellers has doubled since ATMs were introduced. In a similar way we don’t expect bank tellers to process transactions any more, but to help us with things that we can’t do at an ATM.

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How hackathons can help you get started with blockchain

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All members with access to the network can view and validate the transactions using cryptographic keys, without a third party, such as a bank. Many banks and other financial institutions are using hackathons to explore this emerging technology. The computers in the network are called nodes.

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How hackathons can help you get started with blockchain

hackerearth

All members with access to the network can view and validate the transactions using cryptographic keys, without a third party, such as a bank. Many banks and other financial institutions are using hackathons to explore this emerging technology. The computers in the network are called nodes.

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The Death of Consumer car insurance

Matthew Griffin

It’d only have sat in my Current Account where my bank would have used it to make themselves richer and none of us seem to like banks so spending it on insurance seems like a win all round. ‘If’ I for one would sell my car and make my bank rejoice. Anyway what would I have done with the money? The Future is here.

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