Barbarians at the Gate

by Faisal Mahmud - August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

“Barbarians at the Gate” shows the greed on Wall Street that blossomed in the 1980s and has only become worse today. It is based on the true story of the RJR/Nabisco Company takeover. The RJR Nabisco Company went to the selling block, triggering chaos as Wall Street scrambles to take control

The Big Short

by Faisal Mahmud - August 6, 2020August 7, 2020

What comes to your mind when you hear about a movie that is even remotely related to wall street? Bunch of young people walking into the office wearing suits, not even looking at each other and others busy crunching numbers and dealing with people over the phone? Going to a

What is stopping Interoperability among the MFS?

by Faisal Mahmud - July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

When it comes to interoperability, MFSs still have a long way to go. Currently, they cannot ‘talk’ to one another and customers on one network cannot pay people using another network. Being a relatively nascent market hasn’t prevented the mobile financial service (MFS) industry from making great advancements in recent years.

THE RIGHT TO BE LET ALONE

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by Faisal Mahmud - July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

Some of you might not agree with me but in my opinion, it’s been a long time since there was a true generation gap, perhaps 50 years — you have to go back to the early years of rock and roll, when old people still talked about “jungle rhythms”. Everything

Is Fintech A Young Man’s Game?

by Faisal Mahmud - July 30, 2020July 29, 2020

The popular perception of the average tech industry worker varies from the fresh faced, hoodie wearer, pitching an outlandish app or social media idea, to bearded men perpetually hunched at their computers. While both caricatures do exist, the question is which group represents the financial technology (FinTech) industry, especially at

MOVIE REVIEW OF EAGLE EYE

by Faisal Mahmud - July 24, 2020July 23, 2020

Eagle Eye, Director DJ Caruso’s ambitious movie undertaking the omnipresence of technologies in the day-to-day life doesn’t have much to offer for the serious ‘techis’ but it surely gives the netizens a roller-coaster ride. It’s a fast-paced adventure that leaves the audience on the edge of their seat form beginning

‘Mobile network by itself is an instrument that works as an enabler’

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by Faisal Mahmud - July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

In Bangladesh’s technology arena, TIM Nurul Kabir is a known face. Having helmed the top policymaking positions of different trade bodies related to IT and telecom, Mr Kabir has seen it all, firsthand, in a career spanning nearly three decades. He has just retired from his position as the CEO and

What Bangladeshi startup should do to cope up with COVID-19 pandemic?

by Faisal Mahmud - July 21, 2020July 22, 2020

As we all begin to readjust our lives for the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, founders of start-ups and scale-ups redraft their growth plans and face a big unknown: what does the future of start-up funding look like? Of course, we can’t predict the future, but we can make educated

ALGORITHM

by Faisal Mahmud - July 20, 2020July 19, 2020

If you are one of those movie pickers who select a film basing on rating given by major movie reviewing sites, then this movie is not for you. This is a low budget, badly acted, poorly scripted movie and hence the ratings do give you a true reflection of the

‘ACQUIRING FUNDS STILL REMAIN A BIG STRUGGLE FOR BANGLADESHI COMPANIES’

by Faisal Mahmud - July 17, 2020July 16, 2020

Maliha Quadir, a Bangladeshi -American, is a technology entrepreneur. Her start up Shohoz.com has done breakthrough work in digitizing the disorganized and male-dominated transportation industry in Bangladesh. Before Shohoz.com, she was based in Singapore as Director of Vistaprint’s digital business in global emerging markets. Prior to this, she worked for