The average square meter of office space per employee was 26 in 1989. By 2018, that was down 9. Just one of many interesting facts I learnt by speaking to Zsolt Kohalmi, Head of Real Estate at Pictet Asset Management in one of the best podcasts we've done to date aperture.co/real-estate-re…

Romania is no longer Europe's shared service centre The UIPath story unscores the massive untapped potential techcrunch.com/2021/03/26/uip…

Must-listen podcast on #bitcoin. Novice or expert, there's something for everyone in this discussion with nic carter Izabella Kaminska Preston Byrne & @hardmoneycap aperture.co/bitcoin-invest…

Well worth a listen. Crypto as a ESG asset, that's an angle I never considered well done Ben Robinson great listen

Capitalising intangibles and indeterminate losses ft.com/content/36bf30… Jamie Powell

Direct your eyeballs to this interesting post from Ben Robinson, as he takes a stab at demystifying Banking-as-a-Service 👀 link.medium.com/QrQCko6hNfb

Does anyone have any idea what Amazon’s total carbon footprint is? Does it yet consume as much energy as any small country? Seems to me it’s only fair to frame it the way we frame bitcoin energy consumption?

📚 Favorite book? "The Innovation Stack" by Jim McKelvey 🚀 Favorite company? Square 🧠 Favorite recent article? "The new moat in #financialservices" by Ben Robinson Join Hasan Nawaz in the latest #podcast episode from @aperture_hub. 🎧 here🔻 bit.ly/3e4uJsT

It is time we clearly set the difference between #OpenBanking, #BaaS and #B2BSaaS systems. Ben Robinson ➕ understand where all of these is going... #thehubucway bit.ly/3nOqk0B

Stripe processed more payments last year than the entire e-commerce industry did when the company was founded in 2010.

Embedding #finserv into other services with higher engagement while opening up a larger addressable market with lower costs of customer #acquisition bit.ly/2WW88ZG via additiv #CX #disruption #EmbbededFinance #data #inclusion #mobile #banking #FinTech

Fintech hasn’t solved financial exclusion, but embedded finance will buff.ly/3x3sPlM by Ben Robinson impact of #embedded #finance will be dramatic: by 2035 for $7.2 trillion of value! #business #innovation #open #banking

The potential for intelligent automation — and why we’re (re)investing in Jaid by Ben Robinson link.medium.com/tWY3MSuL3ub

So many fintechs are trapped between a distribution strategy that is 200 times less and a balance sheet that is 200 times smaller. It’s a great time to be a smart bank.

📌 Four #EmbeddedFinance Strategies for Incumbents by Ben Robinson #fintech buff.ly/3Q2l5bN 👇 #Revolut & Embedded Finance Ron Shevlin Shaul David Spiros Margaris Urs Bolt 🇨🇭🇵🇭 Dr. Robin Kiera Linas Beliūnas Mike Flache Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻

Following a talk last week, here is our aperture.capital thesis on why the AI investment opportunity is different link.medium.com/zHIlrwVVdDb