Missing the boat on payments innovation

It is entirely possible that Bermuda could find itself excluded from the future of financial services. Companies such as PayPal, Square, Venmo, Stripe and Revolut are revolutionising the payments and remittances industry, just not in Bermuda.

Cryptocurrencies: separating misconception from potential

Cryptocurrency is such a nebulous term and it creates a lot of confusion from the underlying potential of the technology that powers it. There is a wide spectrum of the field of cryptocurrencies between bitcoin and initial coin offerings, and the...

Programmable money open for business

Open, programmable money is changing the way we understand and use money. It will reform how we interact with each other in ways that will drive new efficiencies and opportunities. It will allow us to enhance the traditional concept of money to...

Looking for the right fit

Bermuda’s focus on fintech has been primarily around economic diversification in the application of technology. This is much broader than the narrow scope of simply initial coin offerings and cryptocurrencies.

We have spent the past two...

Think smart about contracts

It has been more than 20 years since American computer scientist Nick Szabo first proposed the concept of digitised agreements made between individuals and organisations called smart contracts. We are only just beginning to realise the power of...