Blog Archives - Faisal Khan

closing doors for startups with no financing or knowledge of the business

For years, we have been advocates of sharing information and educating everyone for the greater benefit and good of society. This includes individuals, startups, would-be-entrepreneurs, incumbents, colleagues, professionals in the field, etc. However, this open-door policy has started to take its toll on our resources – specifically human resources – and the available time we …

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Jul 4 2019July 4, 2019

History of the Dutch East India Company

By Faisal Khan

I always keep saying, we don’t read enough of our history, but then again, we only have so much time. When one hears about the East India Company, we automatically equate the same to the British and their rule over when is modern day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Truth be told, I had perhaps heard …

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Mar 26 2019October 30, 2020

10 Questions every Money Transfer Business should ask themselves?

By Faisal Khan

I did a presentation on this long ago (The original presentation can be downloaded from here: Uberization of Money Transfer: 12 Questions every small and medium, independent money transfer operator should ask themselves). For months I’ve been thinking of doing an updated version of the presentation into an article, so here it is. It is …

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Feb 15 2019February 26, 2019

Stablecoins vs. Non-Stablecoins.

By Faisal Khan

The crypto epoch is upon us. Today, more and more financial institutions are starting to wake up to crypto, look at it, and stop dismissing it with a wave of their hand. Very recently, Bank of Lithuania, which had a negative opinion on crypto has reversed its decision. Imagine a central bank of a country, …

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Oct 12 2018October 12, 2018

Increasing Remittances in Pakistan

By Faisal Khan

Recently, the Prime Minister made a statement that good news will follow with regards to increasing remittance in Pakistan from US$ 20 Billion per year to US$ 30 Billion per year, if not US$ 40 Billion per year. The original article can be read here. This figure is very much doable. The numbers will not …

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Sep 14 2018

The Bretton Woods Agreement and Significance

By Faisal Khan

Any student of economics will tell you, that sooner or later, the Bretton Woods Agreement will come into their syllabus and what a difference it made to the world. Established in 1944, the Bretton Woods Agreement remains to be one of the most historical achievements ever made through global cooperation and coordination. The agreement was …

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Jul 15 2018July 16, 2018

Job Opening: Digital Marketer

By Faisal Khan

Digital Marketer A couple of days ago I had put up a post on Facebook for a Digital Marketer that I am looking for a new venture that I am starting, based out of Istanbul as well as assist in my existing venture of banking & payments. Here is the job description as I see …

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Mar 23 2018March 23, 2018

How Will Money Transfer Look Like In 5 Years Time?

By Faisal Khan

In 2012, I answered a question on Quora, How will money transferring between countries look in five years? I did not edit or touch the answer in any manner for five years. Well, now that the 5 years are up and over with, let’s do a check on where I was right and where I was …

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