Chris Skinner

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

At the conference I attended the other day, one speaker highlighted some InsurTech I’d not seen before but thought pretty cool. It’s a prototype service from Direct Line called Fleetlights. Fleetlights is an army of drones that light up the night skies and are designed to help people in difficult … The post Direct Line: innovating InsurTech appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Moves on the part of Amazon and Google to enter the financial services market is prompting European financial regulators to mull whether or not the tech companies need to be supervised. According to a report in the Financial Times citing Olli Rehn, governor of Finland’s central bank and a member of the European Central Bank’s governing council, the issue of tech companies entering the financial services industry has resulted in a “very lively discussion by financial supervisors and central banks

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Chris Skinner

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The main blog headlines are … Teach children the things that machines cannot learn I often talk about teaching children to learn what machines cannot learn. Our system of education was created in the Industrial Revolution, and is based upon kids being stuffed with facts, stats and dates. They learn … The post The Finanser’s Week: 5th November – 11th November appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

In an effort to get more sellers to use the shipping service it launched earlier in 2018, eCommerce giant Amazon is offering steep discounts. According to a report in CNBC citing Amazon seller Ray Berman, Amazon is offering steep discounts on rates compared to FedEx and UPS in an effort to lure more business its way. Berman, who was invited into a new shipping program by Amazon, told CNBC the rates are as much as 50 percent lower than what UPS charges.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The ploys vary widely—digital tracking, fee incentives and "coopetition"—but banks are turning up the volume on innovation to pry businesses away from checks and keep them from signing up with rival tech startups.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Users are not only more rational in their choice of card, but they are also investing time and effort to find ways to maximize their return from reward points, according to Simon-Kucher & Partners’ Wei Ke and Wenbo Li.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Taxify ’s CEO believes his company can grow another 100 times as it competes with rival Uber in Europe and Africa. In an interview with CNBC at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Taxify CEO Markus Villig revealed that he sees major potential for the tech unicorn in the European ridesharing and scooter markets. “Overall if you look at tech in Europe we’re still so much behind the U.S., and in that sense it’s definitely a massive achievement for us as a team that we get this far,”

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Research reveals the banking industry's digital ambitions don't match consumers' digital perceptions, and big gaps in the experience remain. The post Chasing the Digital Dream: Can Banks Catch Up With Consumers? appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2018

The tax cuts signed into law by President Donald Trump late last year were expected to spur a spending boost on the part of consumers and businesses around the country. While the consumers have done their job boosting spending, businesses haven’t been following suit, reported the Wall Street Journal. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal , with about 80 percent of U.S. households getting a tax cut in 2018 and with the job market remaining strong, the economy has been booming.

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