Escaping America’s payments empire

The new geography of digital money is fracturing the global economy

Aug 12 • 

Matt Jones

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July 2025

Building the CFO stack for global finance teams

In conversation with Finmo's CEO, David Hanna. And weekend reading review.

Jul 20 • 

Matt Jones

10

Meta invests in Ray-Ban maker but what's the plan for payments?

Augmented reality, China's Five Little Dragons, and the new paradigm

Jul 10 • 

Matt Jones

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June 2025

How payments go from Person to Business (P2P to P2B), with insights from EBANX

The emerging market payment trend that's reshaping how businesses get paid

Jun 26 • 

Matt Jones

11

Circle's bumper IPO and highlights from Money20/20 Europe

How stablecoins are going mainstream

Jun 22 • 

Matt Jones

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Using blockchain to power real-time payments with Tassat; do we still need cash?

Why some banks are betting on blockchain to deliver real-time payments

Jun 10 • 

Matt Jones

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Can Revolut compete with American Express?

Looking at the interchange business model in Europe, how credit card rewards are funded, and why American Express is different

Jun 2 • 

Matt Jones

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May 2025

How fintech can still help the planet

Despite ESG losing favour, sustainability schemes offer real world change, and payment tech can play a role too

May 27 • 

Matt Jones

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Crossing the chasm with payments (part 1)

What can payments companies learn from tech successes and failures?

May 19 • 

Matt Jones

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Block's earnings miss, agentic commerce and much more

A curated look at what's been going on in payments and fintech

May 9 • 

Matt Jones

12

April 2025

BNPL in the midst of a trade war

Despite the headwinds BNPL is here to stay

Apr 30 • 

Matt Jones

10

March 2025

Writing about writing after almost two years of writing on Substack

Some reflections so far

Mar 29 • 

Matt Jones

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