Storytelling; Part 2: Cryptocurrency: Pioneers of the New Digital Area Vitalik Buterin, born in 1994 in Russia and raised in Canada, is an iconic figure in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. From an early age, he stood out for his exceptional intelligence, particularly in mathematics. His unique and inspiring journey really begins with his…
Customer service, mobile services, social networks… The private banking sector is strongly affected by economic digitalization. In a hyper-connected society, banks have started to offer a multitude of new tools to their customers. The arrival of new technologies: Nowadays, it is difficult to maintain market shares if digital services are not provided. These services can…
Musk’s Tesla says it invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin, sending the cryptocurrency to record levels near $44,000 Tesla plans to accept bitcoin as payment for its products, filings with regulators on Monday show Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. said that it has acquired $1.5 billion in bitcoins in January and that it could accept the…
Sold short: confessions of a young banker I had to watch each episode of “Industry”, a tv drama about young bankers, in 15-minute doses. This is no fault of the show, which is joyously binge-worthy and thoroughly deserves the second series it has just been granted. It’s because it reminded me so powerfully of my previous…
S&P pays $44bn for IHS Markit as financial-data providers race for scale. IN 2003 LANCE UGGLA, a Canadian stockbroker, founded a financial-data startup in a British barn. Endowed with just $17m in seed funding and ten employees, Markit started off by providing pricing for the opaque market in credit-default swaps, hoping to tap investors’…
