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The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

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Category: finance
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Business and technology journalist Graham Jarvis reports on how cryptocurrencies and blockchain can improve access to healthcare.
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Vervoort and his co-authors Camila R Guetter and Alexander W Peters write: “Health disparities remain vast around the world and are perpetuated by error-prone information technology systems, administrative inefficiencies and wasteful global health spending. Blockchain technology, a novel, distributed peer-to-peer ledger technology, is increasingly used in various industries to disintermediate, improve efficiency and transparency and…
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“The world is speeding up and data-driven automation is paramount to staying on top. The pandemic caught many organisations flat-footed,” says Turner. “Those with traditional systems, workflows and analytical modelling weren’t able to respond quick enough.”
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Change requires more market liberalisation, less military involvement in the country’s economy and to widen participation in political affairs while giving the private sector a more central role than it has in the Egyptian economy. Such reforms could prove positive by reducing social unrest, attracting foreign direct investment, bolstering its currency and filling its foreign…
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…the implementation of RPA is making organizations aware of bad processes. Yet with the drive to deliver efficiency and cost-savings, Carden says: “People are looking at processes and thinking how they can automate them to improve the customer experience. They thought that RPA would buy them time, allowing them to push back digitizing the processes.…
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During the plenary session, the Chairman of SWIFT, Yawar Shah, said that advancements in the banking and payments sector requires “innovation with a coalition of the willing” – a global co-operative of SWIFT member organisations working together to effect change – moving away from focusing on driving efficiencies alone to investing in people, knowledge, skills…
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“bunq is one of a number of challenger banks shaking the status quo like N26 and Monzo. The key is that their appeal to particularly expats as they make it simple and nearly free to look after your money” – Chris Skinner, a co-founder of the UK’s Financial Services Club
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In this article for Impact Magazine (page 9), Graham Jarvis looks at “THE TRUE COST OF LAPTOP OWNERSHIP FOR IT AND FINANCE MANAGERS. Bit.ly/2DCNzVL Author: Graham Jarvis.
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So, what will the changing face of venture capitalists look like over the next ten years? In response Tkachenko says “it’s difficult to see the future of the venture capital industry. At the moment, we are developing a platform on blockchain that allows VC funds or accelerators to issue tokens that are linked to the…
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Alexander Tkachenko and Nigel Green discuss the potential impact of cryptocurrencies on the future of venture capital. To many, cryptocurrencies and blockchain are the latest trend in venture capital markets. Founder of Venture Exchange (VNX-io), Alexander Tkachenko, doesn’t agree though. He explains that cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, are often being used to fund…