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Andra Sonea
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Mar 6, 2021

The history of Fintech and the #fintechgirls

Last week, Simon Redfern of Open Banking Project sent me this old photo from a BarCampBank in Berlin in 2011. At the time, the term “open banking” was unheard of and in my personal fintech world, I credit Simon with the term. I am sorry he did not copyrighted the…

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The history of Fintech and the #fintechgirls
The history of Fintech and the #fintechgirls

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Nov 29, 2020

The kids talk about issues of little importance

Apparently 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 my parents Securitate file, which was handed to us in 2003. Our home phone was bugged, and some chap listened in on our…

Surveillance

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The kids talk about issues of little importance
The kids talk about issues of little importance
Surveillance

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Sep 24, 2020

Private 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 even for Romanians. I use Sonea here for brevity. I was a private in the Romanian Army for a brief period in ’89 and…

Software Engineering

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Private Sonea reports!
Private Sonea reports!
Software Engineering

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Apr 27, 2020

TL;DR: we made a joke out of the Open Banking/Open Data APIs

If 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 details of why it is so, you have to know a few things: Open Banking, the much envied UK initiative to establish industry wide…

Open Banking Api

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TL;DR: we made a joke out of the Open Banking/Open Data APIs
TL;DR: we made a joke out of the Open Banking/Open Data APIs
Open Banking Api

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Jan 7, 2020

We need not tell the children it is an honour to die in hell

Mentality is a crow in a cage Minds are fragile birds Minds needs to grow but war is the cage Voices are tuned out by silent screams Does war mean dead age? Streets are ruins of fear We need not tell the children it is an honour to die in…

Poetry

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We need not tell the children it is an honour to die in hell
We need not tell the children it is an honour to die in hell
Poetry

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Jan 2, 2020

Resist

As usual, what I write here is a personal story. Take it as such. I tried not to write anymore about the incredible similarities between Romania’s ’89 and UK’s ’16. I wrote before about the coup, the New Man, Newspeak, or being again an “enemy of the people”. …

Resist

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Resist
Resist
Resist

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Nov 26, 2019

The 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 my research. For the full report on measuring access to banking in the UK, go here. #SoWhat 1. “For 70 years old, wheelchair bound Tim…

Banking

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The mobile branch did not come this week. So what?
The mobile branch did not come this week. So what?
Banking

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Nov 16, 2019

A mobile branch van will stop on Tuesday for 5 minutes in the nearby village. So what?

This is the second story in the “So what?” series of stories which have either inspired my research this year or which I discovered through my research. For the full report on measuring access to banking in the UK, go here. Story 1. “For 70 years old, wheelchair bound Tim…

Banking

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A mobile branch van will stop on Tuesday for 5 minutes in the nearby village. So what?
A mobile branch van will stop on Tuesday for 5 minutes in the nearby village. So what?
Banking

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Nov 4, 2019

For 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 research. For the full report go here. Consider Tim. He is in his 70s and lives in retirement accommodation with his wife. …

Banking

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For 70 years old, wheelchair bound Tim, the taxi ride to the bank costs 16GBP. So what?
For 70 years old, wheelchair bound Tim, the taxi ride to the bank costs 16GBP. So what?
Banking

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Published in #NoDust on Brexit

·Feb 22, 2019

On 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, I refer to how the UK government’s actions and their relentless drive to concentrate all the power in their hands took me back again and again…

Brexit

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On Shortages. 8 Lessons from Another Life.
On Shortages. 8 Lessons from Another Life.
Brexit

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Andra Sonea

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Banking Systems Architect. Curious. Antifragile.

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