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The very recent news about AP Moller-Maersk and IBM eliminating TradeLens—a blockchain-based digital trade platform—has caught many by surprise as there was no evidence that the situation had worsened to this point. While I cannot claim that I told you so, I can certainly assert that what I wrote in September 2016, Trade Facilitation and Trade Financing: Building New Bridges, and April 2019,...

Anyone reading the financial and technology news in recent weeks could easily be led to assume there is a crisis happening in the technology space and that the only way from here is down. With tech stocks taking a beating in recent months, and a growing list of scandals and debacles, from the sentencing of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes; the drama of the self-induced implosion of Twitter;...

On Thursday, October 27th, I hosted the Aite-Novarica Data and Analytics Special Interest Group meeting along with my colleagues Martin Higgins, Senior Principal, and Stuart Rose, Strategic Advisor. Special Interest Group Meetings are exclusive opportunities for Aite-Novarica Group clients and Insurance Technology Research Council members to review recent trends and Aite-Novarica Group Insurance...

One of the truly catchy tunes from late in the 20th century was “Closing Time,” where Semisonic popularized a quote usually attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger: Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. With less than two months left in 2022, we’re hurtling to the conclusion of a year that many will likely want to forget. At the same time, we’re racing into...