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2026 Issue: Call for Papers
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CFP for Business and Industrial History 2026 edition. We welcome submissions from a broad community of archivists and researchers in the field. Please get in touch if you have an idea you’d like to discuss with the editorial collective.
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Vol. 34 (2025): Business and Industrial History: A Journal of Archival Research
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New & OA: The latest issue of the relaunched Business and Industrial History (previously Scottish Business and Industrial History): Whisky Business: Regulating and Recording the Whisky Industry.
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Credit Card Rewards
It’s always nice to see your work recognised—thank you to Juliana Kaplan from Business Insider for including my perspective in her latest piece on credit card rewards and consumer behaviour. A timely topic, and one that continues to evolve. Of course, you can also read my take on rewards here
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Credit Card Rewards
It’s always nice to see your work recognised—thank you to Juliana Kaplan from Business Insider for including my perspective in her latest piece on credit card rewards and consumer behaviour. A timely topic, and one that continues to evolve. Of course, you can also read my take…
It’s always nice to see your work recognised—thank you to Juliana Kaplan from Business Insider for including my perspective in her latest piece on credit card rewards and consumer behaviour. A timely topic, and one that continues to evolve. Of course, you can also read my take…
Scan, Pay, Boom! How QR Payments Took Over—And Where They’re Failing
QR code payments have become a defining symbol of the cashless economy. Easy to recognise and simple to use, these matrix barcodes allow users to pay instantly by scanning with a smartphone. By 2025, more than 40 countries have launched QR payment systems, either through central banks, private platforms, or a mix of both. However, despite this broad geographical reach, very few countries have seen these systems flourish at scale.
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Scan, Pay, Boom! How QR Payments Took Over—And Where They’re Failing
QR code payments have become a defining symbol of the cashless economy. Easy to recognise and simple to use, these matrix barcodes allow users to pay instantly by scanning with a smartphone. By 2025, more than 40 countries have…
QR code payments have become a defining symbol of the cashless economy. Easy to recognise and simple to use, these matrix barcodes allow users to pay instantly by scanning with a smartphone. By 2025, more than 40 countries have…
Why Fintech Needs Poets
At first glance, it might seem surprising to hear Robert Goldstein, COO of BlackRock, praising the value of English and history graduates. But for those paying attention to the direction of fintech and payments, it feels less like a revelation and more like a long-overdue acknowledgement. Goldstein’s recent remarks—voicing “more and more conviction” in hiring people from the humanities—cut across the well-worn narrative that only STEM subjects matter, especially in industries shaped by algorithms, data, and digital infrastructure.
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Why Fintech Needs Poets
At first glance, it might seem surprising to hear Robert Goldstein, COO of BlackRock, praising the value of English and history graduates. But for those paying attention to the direction of fintech and payments, it feels less like a revelation and more like a long-overdue…
At first glance, it might seem surprising to hear Robert Goldstein, COO of BlackRock, praising the value of English and history graduates. But for those paying attention to the direction of fintech and payments, it feels less like a revelation and more like a long-overdue…
Taxing Love, Labour and Loyalty: How Remittances Challenge Trump’s Neo-Mercantilism
As in 2016, the Trump administration once again floated the idea of taxing remittances sent from the United States to foreign countries, proposing a 5% levy on outbound transfers. While politically framed as a measure to "protect American interests," this idea resurrects a mercantilist logic that sits uneasily with the realities of modern cross-border payment systems and the lives of migrant workers.
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Taxing Love, Labour and Loyalty: How Remittances Challenge Trump’s Neo-Mercantilism
As in 2016, the Trump administration once again floated the idea of taxing remittances sent from the United States to foreign countries, proposing a 5% levy on outbound transfers. While politically framed as a…
As in 2016, the Trump administration once again floated the idea of taxing remittances sent from the United States to foreign countries, proposing a 5% levy on outbound transfers. While politically framed as a…
The Price of Going Cashless: Privacy and Resilience at Risk
This week’s revelations from Publimetro are a sobering reminder of the fragile underpinnings of a fully digital financial ecosystem. The report alleges that databases held by banks, Mexico’s tax authority (SAT), and even the national electoral institute (INE) were being offered for sale on a hacker forum—for as little as $5,000. It’s a striking example of the systemic vulnerabilities that arise when cash disappears and data becomes currency.
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The Price of Going Cashless: Privacy and Resilience at Risk
This week’s revelations from Publimetro are a sobering reminder of the fragile underpinnings of a fully digital financial ecosystem. The report alleges that databases held by banks, Mexico’s tax authority (SAT), and even the national…
This week’s revelations from Publimetro are a sobering reminder of the fragile underpinnings of a fully digital financial ecosystem. The report alleges that databases held by banks, Mexico’s tax authority (SAT), and even the national…