This week, David Birch took part in a CSFI Fintech for Breakfast event for The London Institute of Banking & Finance entitled ‘The Digital Pound: the future of money?’. These CSFI events are always a lot of fun, all under Read more…
David Birch was invited by Debbie Gamble of Interac Corp. to dig into some of the crucial questions around identity that those working on digital verification are considering — and that anyone who wants a grasp of this technology should understand: 💥 Why is the public’s Read more…
David Birch sat down with Mr. Open Banking podcast host Eyal Sivan to explore a wide range of topics, including the importance of reputation and how the money of the future resembles the money of the past. Listen here. “In the extended season Read more…
A market research survey of more than a thousand senior decision makers in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands — commissioned by Polish banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform provider Vodeno — found that two-thirds of them said that BaaS is transforming financial services for Read more…
We need more than payments data to deliver financial health as opposed to delivering individual financial services. But what other data do we need? David Birch shares his opinion in this video:
It’s been an interesting year, to say the least, so now it’s coming to an end I can’t help but look back over an incredibly volatile period. Fintech is here to stay, but it has been a bumpy ride for Read more…
David Birch sat down with Jody Houton at IDnow recently to discuss the Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework, whether KYC is just a box-ticking exercise, and why regtech may become even more important than fintech in 2023. Read their interview here.
Back in 2019, I wrote a piece for Wired making the rather obvious prediction that in time robots would take over from people in banking just as they have done in manufacturing. Was I predicting that you would be served by an Read more…
This week, David Birch was invited to contribute to the BBC World Service’s weekly technology programme ‘Digital Planet’. In this latest episode entitled ‘Twitter – What next?’ the contributors discussed some of the latest on Twitter and Bill Thompson gave tips on Read more…
This week David Birch has been in Australia speaking to both students looking at entering the payment industry and academics working in payments about the future of payments. The week started with a hike to Dangar Falls in Armidale’s outback Read more…