FinTech Statistics in Pakistan
I think this picture below sums it up well.
Year: 2015
Insignificance…
“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Think of the …
Pakistan Fintech Start-up Challenge: A case for building Pakistan’s equivalent of PayPal.
A CONFESSION Let me start with a painful admission: I was wrong. My obtuse stance on developing a Pakistani equivalent of PayPal is now coming back to haunt me. For years I have been advocating that PayPal should come to Pakistan. For 11 straight years I wrote my annual letter, aptly titled: An Open …
Gates Annual Letter: Mobile Banking.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation published the Gates Annual Letter 2015. It is definitely worth a read. One particular graphic from the Mobile Money section is shown below. Couldn’t help but think how this space is going to mushroom even more.
Coinbase – Have a license in California or not?
Interesting thread on Reddit if Coinbase does indeed have a license as a money transmitter in the State of California or not. Today, a statement was released by the CA Financial Regulator citing that Coinbase does NOT have any license. The article can be read here on Coindesk. The licensing page for Coinbase tells a …
Seven Deadly Sins Of Speaking
Came across this very nice TED Global Talk by Julian Treasure (gotta love his name) on How To Speak So The People Want To Listen. Definitely worth the 10 minutes of your time.
The Money Wiki – The effort has started…
Last year I had announced my plans to work on an idea that was hovering above me for months. The idea was simple, to have a crowd-sourced wiki for all things related banking, payments, money and economics. It was one of those things that I wanted to do, but just didn’t get time to actually …
Why is the Price of Bitcoin Falling? How Low Will It Go?
For the past month or so, the price of Bitcoin has been on a decline. Shortly after the New Year’s it feel through the floor of US$ 300. As I write this article, the price of Bitcoin is US$ 270. Why is the price falling? If you were to ask me, I would say I’m …
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