Fintech and the future of finance

Posted on 20 January 2020 by Arman Eshraghi

In our latest post, Professor Arman Eshraghi reflects on his TEDxCardiffUniversity talk on Financial Technology. Under the event theme of Disrupting the Ordinary, Professor Eshraghi explained how the influence and acceleration of ‘Fintech’ in recent years warrants the attention of all, not only finance professionals. Advances in financial technology are raising the level of competition
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Dual Mission Impossible? Ethan Hunt’s a nobody compared to social entrepreneurs

Posted on 15 November 2018 by Anthony Samuel

Ahead of Social Enterprise Day 2018, Dr Anthony Samuel told us about some of the challenges faced by companies on a mission to balance commercial and social value. I recently completed a piece of work on Social Enterprises operating in The South Wales Valleys with Gareth White from the University of South Wales and Paul
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Evidence-informed policymaking: does knowledge brokering work?

Posted on 1 October 2018 by Sarah Quarmby

In our latest post, Sarah Quarmby takes us inside the Wales Centre for Public Policy to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking. There’s widespread and sustained interest in the role of evidence in policymaking. But because policymaking is inherently messy and complex, there’s no catch-all way
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