David Parker

Thought leader, NED, advisor, fintech investor, consultant on E-money and Emerging Payments across Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

@British_Airways why have you non cancelled Berlin flights for Thursday the news says no flights taking off Ryanair have, this is crazy. we need to plan. https://t.co/s3TUJEjO7X

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

@AerLingus Just checking to see if anyone is actually still working in the call centres, yesterday twice waited 20 minutes today again approaching 20 minutes still no answer.

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

WOW how big a boost could this be long term to the UK Fintech Sector.

Tony Craddock The Paymen@TonyCraddockn Andrea Dunlop Gary Princ@AndreaMDunlopj@gary_m_princeup #fintech #fintechs https://t.co/emgKTJ5iMt

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

It is out! The latest version of the #Emoney #Debit and #Prepaid report, still some 1,500 pages, still data rich, 16+ years of analysis of fees. Even the report has not gone up in cost in 2007, let me know if you would like the Contents and more info on…https://t.co/yaWtoYgNU4

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

What can i say there is a difference between a Bank Challenger and a Challenger Bank, it is called the noun at the end, one is a BANK! https://t.co/fsscNTG9ZG

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

Great job Tara Spielhagen Hale and team. https://t.co/hVSd8OsPL7

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

Thank you @TonyCraddock @NeilHarris_UK Chargebacks911 for a Great The Payments Association Summer Party, - great to catch up with my 'brother' David:)
David Wall https://t.co/0NgulOm136

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

#Australia has been at the forefront of driving towards #opendata / #openfinance but the move by one of their largest retailers to embrass #openbanking and #accounttoaccount payments poses a question, how long until Tesco Sainsbury…https://t.co/Xah7iBvOtm https://t.co/Fq68MzGuht

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

So the Scottish National Party (SNP) rules Scotland has done for some time with a stated aim of Scottish Independence now the Orkney Islands want independence from Scotland - oh and they take the North Sea Oil in their area with th…https://t.co/aNBnCK5gyw https://t.co/ddBCo2VOph

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

The world has moved to flexible working, sorry the world except the #UKgovernenment on how local #Councils need to work. Sometimes you wish you had a cattle prod to wake them up.

A Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communi…https://t.co/56EouSq8RF https://t.co/1jSeEFmMl7

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

One could argue that this is a problem of the regulators making. By driving firms such as Wonga out of business they left a void. They have made it very hard if not impossible for pay day lenders to operate and whilst we are now…https://t.co/UboDIEd6pe https://t.co/Vak20xUa2n

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

So HSBC make it clear that flexible working is here for good unlike Goldman Sachs who believe it needs to be five days a week. https://t.co/sG9BHFoAce

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

You really have to wonder about due diligence that investors make, there seems to be real issue with the emperors cloths sometimes and calling it out.

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[David Parker @davidpolymath]

Well that was a great week, really enjoyed the #paymentleaderssummit, thanks to all the team at Clarion Events great event here in Washington DC and really interesting to understand more from a US perspective.

Looking forward now to Rotterdam in Septembe…https://t.co/hItHrZfUop

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

Interesting development, part of the case is that they make it hard for consumers to opt out: "four-page, six-click, fifteen option" process, which the FTC said was known internally as "Iliad" in a nod to the Greek epic about the "…https://t.co/1bReh4Rpne https://t.co/rqVcXjAgMs

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

Well another week, another capital city, after Paris, London and now Washington DC almost in as many weeks. Payments and Identity is such a global business. David Birch #london#london #washingtondc https://t.co/9R47nhgyLM

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

Congratulations Virgin and O2 (Telefónica UK) for totally messing up #customerexperience My wife was swapped from Virgin to O2 as part of the purchase, her phone then received a message saying "O2 has turned off 4g calls"

The call centre advised that 3m…https://t.co/8bQaNc6a9Z

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

Interesting move by Italian government and one which clearly says we like foreign investment but not when they seek to take control of key businesses. How will this affect other investment decisions in Italy. https://t.co/6yoAbXbjuV

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

Thank you to everyone who joined me on the #Fintech table at the #Internationalloyaltyawards what a great night and some amazing winners. I look forward as Chair of the Judges this year to see many more Fintech entries next year.
Ricky Knox @sforder70…https://t.co/NbuP1sWxOh

[David Parker @davidpolymath]

@dgwbirch with David Parker another day another Capital city https://t.co/EiUkWwJIPI