Archive for July, 2011

Could A Non-Banking System Shake Up Banking

The way I see it, there are three ways to get Banking Reform to happen faster, before the inevitable crash:

1. Education (This is why I make banking reform an integral part of my training company, Benedix, that is the world largest training company for students seeking careers in banking). We need a next generation of Bankers aware of what they are doing.

2. Politics (This is why I support Positive Money) The change we need in Banking can only be done at the government level. They are the ones that need to decide who has the ability to create money.

3. Business (This is why I founded BankToTheFuture.com) We need an alternative to Banking and I have been busy getting ready to launch a place where people can lend, loan, invest, raise funds and network bypassing the traditional banking system.

Having signed the contract with my publisher to write my latest book on the future of banking and the launch of my alternative non-bank ‘BankToTheFuture.com‘  around the corner, I have been on a bit of meeting frenzy.

So after all this talk about Facebook and Google becoming banks, I got inspired to call a meeting with Thomas Power himself and a team of experts… Keep Reading…

Simon Dixon

ICB submissions: My response and what the banks said

Just wanted to post an update responding to what the Banks said about the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) submission.

First off, it may sound like I am defending the ICB, but don’t get me wrong. The ICB submission is focussing on the wrong things, I am not a fan, Keep Reading…

Simon Dixon

Part 2 of my recent Radio Interview on The Future of Banking

You just have to sit through the 2 adverts in the beginning then goes straight into the interview –

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Simon Dixon