One of the most respected financial minds today welcomes the fintech revolution
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Two Brains Are Better Than One
Why settle for one brain when you can have two?
Martin Wolf, the top commentator and essential franchise of the Financial Times, is so well respected that they call him Two Brains. So when Two Brains talks, we listen.
Wolf wrote yesterday that we should all welcome the fintech revolution, particularly in the banking industry.
Why? Because banking, as he puts it, "seems inefficient, costly, riddled with conflicts of interest, prone to unethical behavior, and, not least, able to generate huge crises."
So when fintech disrupts the world as we know it, don't be concerned. Remember to think with that second brain.
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