Payments Culture
Matt JonesExploring the strategy, culture, and trends shaping the world of payments and fintech
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Thinking and building in fintech with AI
Welcome to Payments Culture!
This newsletter explores how money moves, around the world — and why it matters.
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I hope you’ve had a good start to the ye...
Resilience and Innovation: Ukraine's Fintech Ecosystem
This post is an interview with Andrew Riabchuk, Founder of Akurateco Payments Orchestration Platform. Akurateco delivers infrastructure solutions for payment providers, enterprise merchants, and financial institutions worldwide.
The Mother...
Dollarising the world — coin by coin
Everyone wants dollars. Some may argue that gold and Bitcoin are, like the dollar, universal currencies, but these are better as a store of value and not as a means of payment. (I wrote this before the recent Bitcoin crash!)
You tell me: I...
How Geopolitics Shapes Fintech in 2026
Welcome to Payments Culture!
This newsletter explores how money moves, around the world — and why it matters.
To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Originally, this was going to be an essa...
What's going on with the UK's favourite bank?
My sub-heading says that Monzo is the UK’s favourite bank. This may be contentious. But I’m comfortable saying this. In the second half of 2025, Monzo topped the two most-watched UK banking customer satisfaction surveys.
The Ipsos twice-y...
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