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28.5.21

Crypto-episode as a part of the Dutch financial history timeline

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Apologies for the readers of this blog: it's been pretty silent for a while here, but that is due to a historic sequence of events that ...
12.2.18

Cryptocurrencies and financial history: some reflections...

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On January 30, 2018, I presented some reflections linking relevant events from financial history to the current cryptocurrency debate. Below...
12.11.17

Why some countries started using cheques and others chose giro

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These days I am busy writing a book on the history of Dutch retail payments. The focus of the book is on the dynamics of the Netherlands, wi...
5.8.16

'Duur uw uur' and 'Beidt uw tijd' : what do these words on the tower of the Beurs van Berlage mean?

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Beidt uw tijd - Text on bell tower of Beurs van Berlage One of the many questions we get asked about the history of the Beurs van Berlag...
28.1.15

Minister of Finance Dijsselbloem ends reign of incrowd-supervisory-model for Authority Financial Markets

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The last couple of weeks, the Dutch Financieele Dagblad reported on the fact that our Minister of Finance, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, had actively...
31.12.14

Reflection on almost 100 years of retail payments in the Netherlands

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Today marks the end of a period of almost hundred years of consumer payments in the Netherlands. Here is a brief reflection on this period. ...
31.7.14

Late july in 1914 and 2014: two significant moments in time

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A hundred years ago, the first World War was gradually developing. The political and military turmoil affected the stock exchanges all over ...
28.5.14

The Dutch experience with standing committees in the retail payments domain

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On Friday, the 16th of May, the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) held its first meeting in Frankfurt. The start of this new institutional...
27.2.14

Frijda's theory of money (1914): still relevant for bitcoiners today

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This week, Mount Gox, a very large provider of bitcoin services, couldn't live up any more to its services agreements with bitcoin users...
30.12.13

All 2013 activities for Financial History of Amsterdam

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Launch of digital museum 'Financieel Erfgoed op de Kaart' 2013 started out with the launch of our digital museum on Financial His...
19.9.13

Tapering delayed: another historic moment for the FED?

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Yesterday evening, Money 2.0 was on the agenda in the Arminius church in Rotterdam . It was an evening in which I briefly outlined some of t...
29.3.13

Morality meets money on Filosophy Night (12th of April) in Amsterdam

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Morality and Money. Two concepts that are - whether you like it or not - infinitely intertwined. As we witness European funds and cash being...
12.2.13

History of nationalisation of SNS unfolds quickly .... it's not the endgame that matters

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Yesterday evening, the Dutch RTL-news released a number of confidential documents about the supervisory and regulatory discussions on SNS Re...
14.1.13

Financieel Erfgoed op de Kaart: opening digitaal museum over financiële geschiedenis

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Vandaag lanceer ik officieel de site: 'Financieel Erfgoed op de Kaart' . Dat is een online 'virtueel' museum, dat de financi...