Year 2018

Why the Knights Templar were Really Good at Banking

The history of modern banking is quite rich and dates way back in time. Several entities and civilizations have been credited for their contributions towards the development of modern banking systems and the variety of services provided by banks today.…

Attend the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon.

Want to attend the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal this year? Well, I am willing to sponsor 100% of the trip for a deserving boy and a girl from Pakistan. I have cited on many forums and wanted to reiterate…

Own your own IBAN?

The IBAN is slowly becoming the de facto standard of identifying a beneficiary account. Barring the US, many countries are now jumping on-board the IBAN bandwagon. At the time of writing this article, 82 countries are using IBAN. However, the…

Trading With Digital IOUs.

For the past couple of years, I have been talking around the world about the Fragments State of Our Payment Systems. With over 1,900 payment systems around the world, less than 3 percents are connected and can talk to each…