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27 October 2021

Social media, the new golden goose

Companies want to skip ahead, and tap customers earlier on in the shopping process via social media audiences. Will this drive more social media M&A?

Stocks ・ Technology

22 October 2021

Facebook Earnings: Whistle-blowers and Outages out, Metaverse in

Changes are afoot before Facebook earnings are reported on Monday October 25th after the close on Wall Street. Will Q3 results and the Metaverse rebrand enable investors to look past recent difficulties?

Technology

30 September 2021

Why online lenders underperform market debuts

While we have seen a recent uptick in fintech stock performances for some, underperformance has been a common thread amongst online lenders in the past. Which fintech group merits your ...

Crypto ・ Technology ・ Blockchain

29 September 2021

The top 10 uses of blockchain technology

Surprise surprise, blockchain is not only about going all in on Dogecoin for a 500% profit or loosing all your life savings to CryptoKitties. There is more to it, far more to it.

Stocks ・ Technology

23 September 2021

Share buy-backs: what it is and why Microsoft does it

When a company buys its own stock it is called a share buyback program. How does it work and why are companies like Microsoft doing it?

Technology

22 September 2021

About the fintech-banking convergence...

Have banks become one with fintech, or has fintech become the new status quo? Evidence suggests the latter, but the picture ...

Crypto ・ Technology ・ Blockchain

14 September 2021

CipherTrace: crypto data monetization wheels for Mastercard.

Mastercard plans for an open banking future where crypto payment transaction data may just equate to corporate survival.

Technology ・ Banks

31 August 2021

Big banks sieged by big tech via cloud

Crypto firms want to step onto the system’s main financial railways much to the dismay of incumbent banks. While this matters, big banks have a bigger problem to deal with… Big Tech.

Technology ・ Asia

27 August 2021

China’s tech crackdown: who wins, who loses?

After covering the story behind the Chinese crackdown, a ...

Technology ・ IPO ・ The Swiss Series

26 August 2021

The Swiss Series: Astrocast is doing big things with little satellites

We have all heard of SpaceX, and the recent commercial space flight events, but the space world is not limited to rockets! Swiss-based Astrocast just went public in Oslo. They lower the cost of managing remote assets ...

Technology

24 August 2021

The future of home security is in smart homes

We have some questions about covid-19’s impact on home security products. It’s a straightforward question to ask don’t you think? With people at home pretty much more than ever in the history of mankind, has the home ...

Technology

11 August 2021

The L’Oréal digital transformation reinventing the future of cosmetics

Digitalization has revolutionized every industry and is changing our ways of living, consuming, communicating and working. But how can a company like L’Oréal, that primarily relies on a “tangible” customer experience, ...

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