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Bank failure to manage climate risks poses threat of extinction
A Finextra Member

A Finextra member

  Add the costs of getting to net zero for Europe to the costs the banks will shoulder to move their portfolios to a compliant status, and the costs of building all the renewables, and the costs of installing all the EV chargers and the increased cost of insurance for EV's for Write off for battery damage accidents (that ICE drivers will be picking up as well as EV drivers) and the loss of income when the sun dont shine, or the wind dont blow, and the cost of mothballing Nuclear and burning Lignite in Germany, and you have a real Enviroshambles going on!  Especially as the developing world will want their bite of the carbon pie (see French Guiana and Suriname for details).... We are exporting our carbon production to China, India, Thailand etc..... Bring on Hydrogen and Toyota's new engine please!  Bankers wont get us out of this, Scientists will!   Banks should fund science!
Bank failure to manage climate risks poses threat of extinction
A Finextra Member

A Finextra member

  Europe has less than 10% of the world population (and the UK has less than 1% of the world population). Until China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Bangladesh & Pakistan (50% of the world population) agree to reduce their polution emmisions, Europe is urinating in the wind.
HSBC trials quantum protection for AI-powered FX trading
Anthony Maw

Anthony Maw

  Profitable and successful forex trading is becoming a challenging venture now that big players are marrying technolgies like quantum computing with artificial intelligence.  This article is revealing as to the scale and magnitude of the "Big Guys".  Anyone who has ever lost money on forex trading now knows where their money has gone....
Banking on the Edge: 3 Ways Edge Computing Supercharges BFSI Operations
Ketharaman Swaminathan

Ketharaman Swaminathan

  I know about Nest and other smart thermostats that measure temperature but can you give an example of a smart sensor available in retail market that "notices unusual water level activity" in a home environment?