Author: Paul Amery

Wirecard fallout hits millions of workers

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The effects of Wirecard’s collapse are now rippling around the world, depriving millions of workers in the global freelance economy from access to their money. Many of those without formal […]

Where’s my money? Wirecard and tether

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When you place money on deposit you expect to get it back. Many people say that’s the original concept of banking: you pass your funds across a desk into safe […]

BIS warns of new monopolies in payments

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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has issued a rallying call for countries to prevent the emergence of powerful new monopolies in the form of digital platforms run by large […]

Rise of the platforms

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Big tech firms like Google, Facebook, Apple, Alibaba and Tencent want our payments data. Are we right to share it with them? “The entry of BigTechs into the provision of […]

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