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The United States has said it will hold talks with the Nigerian this week in order to convince the government to adopt a more flexible exchange rate to boost growth and investment. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told an audience at the U.S. Institute of Peace that Nigeria should ensure that […]

The Board of Directors of Royal Exchange Plc, Nigeria’s leading Insurance and Asset Management Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Benjamin Agili as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Royal Exchange General Insurance Company (REGIC), following the confirmation of his appointment by the National Insurance Commission, (NAICOM). Announcing the appointment recently, […]

Unilever Nigeria Plc, has notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange of the closure of register of members and dividend payments. According to the letter written to the NSE; 1) The Board approved the recommendation of the sum of N189,164,000.81, that is, 5 kobo gross per share which if appproved by Members in General Meeting, is payable […]

When I write, I sit down and pour it out. Many of you have remarked that it’s sometimes not even proofread and I’ve taken to forcing myself to re-read once before I publish to avoid that level of disrespect, but nonetheless it’s not my style to work on a piece for days on end. It […]Read More

On today’s BIGcast, I talk to Timothy Ruff, CEO at Evernym, about how credit unions could solve one of the greatest problems of our generation: having too many passwords and too many accounts. Timothy explains that the power of the credit union industry could be the key ingredient in changing the paradigm of how we […]

I was reflecting on the demonstrations of Deep Mind against Go champion Lee Se-dol, along with Watson at CeBIT and other artificial intelligence (AI) developments. It soon becomes apparent that we are evolving rapidly to a state where data learning through data analytics will be the battleground. In fact, it’s clear that the battle over data […]

Voice recognition is the most invisible computer interface. With the popularity of the Amazon Echo, fintechs and banks are looking at the new possibilities to serve their customers. On today’s show, Rizwan Khalfan from TD Bank joins me to chat about the TD/Moven partnership, and some of the exciting things they’ve worked on together. We are […]Read More

Biometrics are hot. Fingerprint authentication (Apple’s version is Touch ID) is one of the most common forms of biometric verification. So quick: how many American banks let customers log on to their accounts using this method? Based on the press, you might optimistically think a few thousand, right? In fact, Apple Pay just activated its […]

I recently talked about the oncoming internet developments that follow the Internet of Things, from the internet on demand (3D and 4D printing) to the internet of robots. A colleague came up afterwards and said I was daft to talk about robots. “It’s science fiction,” he claimed. I disagreed, as science fiction is rapidly becoming […]

In the latest Wharton FinTech (WFT) podcast, I chat with Hardeep Walia, founder and CEO of Motif, and Wharton MBA ’01. Motif offers baskets of up to 30 stocks or ETFs intelligently weighted to reflect an investment theme, market insight, or innovative trend. Hardeep shares his views on customers, competitors, growth opportunities, market trends, innovation, and lessons he’s […]Read More

For the latest BankNXT Fintech Podcast, I talk to Aneesh Varma, one of the founders of credit scoring startup Aire, a company that describes itself as ‘an enduring and sustainable credit model’. Aneesh is included as one of TechCity Insider’s class of 2015, a list of influential tech business leaders, and was recognised as one […]

After sharing my favorite white papers about blockchain and fintech a month ago, I got a bit of a deluge of offers of more papers, so here’s this month’s update. If you don’t like to read about them though, you can always listen to this excellent podcast interview with yours truly, by the Radio Free […]Read More