Andra SoneaThe history of Fintech and the #fintechgirlsLast week Simon Redfern of Open Banking Project sent me this old photo from a BarCampBank in Berlin in 2011. At that time, the term “open…Mar 6, 2021Mar 6, 2021
Andra SoneaThe kids talk about issues of little importanceApparently between 8th of June and 21st of June 1985 my brother and I discussed boring stuff on the phone. I know this from a section of…Nov 29, 20201Nov 29, 20201
Andra SoneaPrivate Sonea reports!When I was a private in the Romanian army my family name was not Sonea but my maiden name which was very long, rare and unpronounceable…Sep 24, 2020Sep 24, 2020
Andra SoneaTL;DR: we made a joke out of the Open Banking/Open Data APIsIf there was a time when the banking APIs for branches and ATMs would have been needed it was now, during lockdown. Before going into the…Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020
Andra SoneaWe need not tell the children it is an honour to die in hellMentality is a crow in a cageJan 7, 2020Jan 7, 2020
Andra SoneaResistAs usual, what I write here is a personal story. Take it as such. I tried not to write anymore about the incredible similarities between…Jan 2, 2020Jan 2, 2020
Andra SoneaThe mobile branch did not come this week. So what?This is the third story in the “So what?” series of stories which have either inspired my research this year or which I discovered through…Nov 26, 2019Nov 26, 2019
Andra SoneaA mobile branch van will stop on Tuesday for 5 minutes in the nearby village. So what?Before starting my research into access to banking in the UK, I did not know “mobile branches” vans exist. It is fair to say that even…Nov 16, 2019Nov 16, 2019
Andra SoneaFor 70 years old, wheelchair bound Tim, the taxi ride to the bank costs 16GBP. So what?This is the first in a series of “So what?” stories which have either inspired my research this year or which I discovered through my…Nov 4, 2019Nov 4, 2019
Andra Soneain#NoDust on BrexitOn Shortages. 8 Lessons from Another Life.The past two years and a half since the UK referendum in June 2016 have been a never-ending source of “triggering” events. More precisely…Feb 22, 2019Feb 22, 2019