What We Are Reading
Smaller banks have the happiest customers - Chris Skinner's blog
Following on from why startups will fail if they compete head-to-head with a bank, I got this headline the other day saying that smaller banks have the happiest customers. The latest analysis of feedback and complaints data conducted by consumer website Fairer Finance shows that big brands such as Halifax, Nationwide, …
Tipalti Buys Approve.com to Boost AP Automation - CFO
Tipalti said the deal would enable it to offer automation of the entire accounts payable cycle from procurement through to payment.
A billion excluded women is a disgrace - Chris Skinner's blog
WARNING: THIS IS WOKE (whatever that is) We talk a lot about diversity and LBTG+ and equality, but it’s still a long way off. In fact, I get annoyed when I see online forms with gender and title choices designed for the last century. Why is this irritating? Specifically, why …
The Finanser’s Week: 5th April 2021- 11th April 2021 - Chris Skinner's blog
This week’s main blogs include … Another view: any start-up that challenges a bank will fail We talk a lot these days about neobanks, challenger banks, bank disrupters, bank disintermediation, banks will fail and such like. I have a contrarian view, for a change, and believe that any start-up that …
Cyber Breach Disclosures Still Take More Than a Month - CFO
At the median, public companies took 37 days last year to disclose a breach, the longest period recorded since 2016, says Audit Analytics.
bitcoin is dead, long live bitcoin! - Chris Skinner's blog
I’ve not talked much about bitcoin on the blog lately, but I have tweeted a lot about it. The key take-away? It’s not going away. People have said bitcoin is dead thousands of times. In fact, there’s a website dedicated to the subject, tracking and tracing the death of bitcoin: …
