Media-Insert Communications

Media-Insert Communications

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

Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, and Public Relations

Category: World Finance – Financial Markets

  • 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…

  • Dr Stephen Castell, an independent FinTech consultant, admits that there are few innocent investor protections to fall back on: “This is essentially the case worldwide today, and it looks like it will continue that way for the foreseeable future.” He reminds us that there is a need to keep everything in perspective, suggesting that “the…

  • Thankfully, cross-border payments are getting faster. In a panel session featuring experts from organisations such as the Bank of England, Deutsche Bank, and InstaRem, it was revealed that the fastest cross-border instant payment was completed within 13 seconds. There are more connections between systems today, making such results as this possible. Singapore, Australia and in…

  • 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…

  • Anton Abashkin, Chief Operating Officer of VNX Venture Exchange, offers his view on the past and current trends in banking and financial services: “I think the last 5-10 years have been quite fruitful in terms of innovation and the whole notion of the digitalisation of banks and financial services has come along quite substantially. They…

  • …Gemma Baker, marketing at Click4Assistance, adds that many different types of organisataions have used live chat for different reasons, and it can benefit everyone – the banking and financial services companies and their customers. For example, “banks and loan providers can use it help with application processes or online account support. Whilst building societies and…

  • Venture Exchange (VNX) wants to make it simple and affordable for any VC investor or accelerator to make their investment portfolios liquid – and thus access more capital; this is while allowing almost anyone – be it large financial institutions or regular private investors – to invest in the future “Ubers” and “Teslas” of the…

  • There is a misconception about blockchain in the industry surrounding the belief that it is a solution to making faster and securer payments. There are some issues around the blockchain that explain why, in its present form, it isn’t an ideal replacement.

  • Simon French, Panmure Gordon’s chief economist, describes the repeal of Dodd Frank as beggar-thy-neighbour economics because the relaxing of Dodd Frank would only benefit the US at the expense of other countries. He argues that it means that British and European banks have to face the prospect that their marginal costs will increase if they…

  • IoT gives birth to IIoT, which involves monitoring the performance of complex machinery such as gas turbines, aircraft, ships, electrical grids and oil rigs. So it’s not just about a diversely spread group of CAD engineers working collaboratively across the globe. “IIoT has never been so diverse and in depth with vast amounts of data…