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Articles by Raphael Bloch

Who Wins the Payments Infrastructure of the Next Decade

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By Raphael Bloch Verified
| Future of Finance (Podcast)
Ask AI TO SUMMARIZE ThIS ARTICLE On October 19 2026, The Big Whale organised a Corporate Breakfast in Las Vegas during Money20/20 to examine who will capture value as payments move onchain, from stablecoin issuers and custody providers to card networks, and what still slows adoption. Your 2 free articles this month are up ‍ The Big Whale gives financial institutions the market intelligence, network, and platform to move with confidence in digital assets. Trusted by 150+ firms.
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The Missing Piece: What Banks Need to Offer Digital Assets to Their Clients

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By Raphael Bloch Verified
| Future of Finance (Podcast)
Ask AI TO SUMMARIZE ThIS ARTICLE On October 6 2026, The Big Whale organised a corporate cocktail in Milan, alongside Forum Banca, to explore what banks are still missing to offer digital assets to their clients, from strategy and compliance to product scope and partner choice. Your 2 free articles this month are up ‍ The Big Whale gives financial institutions the market intelligence, network, and platform to move with confidence in digital assets. Trusted by 150+ firms.
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Blockchain & Stablecoins are Rebuilding the Payment Stack

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By Raphael Bloch Verified
| Future of Finance (Podcast)
Ask AI TO SUMMARIZE ThIS ARTICLE On September 29 2026, The Big Whale organised a Corporate Breakfast in Miami during Sibos, with two panels, to examine where blockchain and stablecoin infrastructure is already rebuilding the payment stack, and whether institutions should launch their own stablecoin or simply use one. Your 2 free articles this month are up ‍ The Big Whale gives financial institutions the market intelligence, network, and platform to move with confidence in digital assets.
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Hollande, Le Nouvel Ami De La Finance

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By Raphael Bloch Verified
| Forbes France Verified
Sommet Européen sur le budget: François Hollande, Bruxelles, Belgique, 7 février 2013 | Crédit Photo: Sander de Wilde Corbis / Getty Images Quelques jours seulement après la victoire du “Brexit”, le Président français veut profiter de l’isolement de la City de Londres pour récupérer des activités financières à Paris. Le discours du Bourget de 2012 est déjà loin. Les discours n’engagent que ceux qui les écoutent et François Hollande l’a bien compris.
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Comment La BCE Prépare (Sans Le Vouloir) Une Nouvelle Crise Bancaire

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By Raphael Bloch Verified
| Forbes France Verified
Impactées par les taux bas fixés par la Banque centrale européenne, les banques, pour restaurer leurs marges, envisagent d’investir sur des actifs plus rentables, mais aussi plus spéculatifs. Au risque d’une nouvelle crise financière. La tension est à son comble ce 10 mars 2016. Au siège de la Banque centrale européenne, le Président de l’Institution Mario Draghi ajuste sa cravate bleue et se lance.
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French gastronomy strikes back with own top restaurants list

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By Raphael Bloch Verified
| Star2.com Verified
French Chef Joel Robuchon attends the opening of the Taste Festival at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, May 21, 2015.
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French gastronomy strikes back with own top restaurants list

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By Raphael Bloch Verified
| Reuters Verified
French Chef Joel Robuchon attends the opening of the Taste Festival at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, May 21, 2015. "La Liste" ranks the world's top 1,000 restaurants by aggregating scores of some 4,000 establishments in more than 200 international guidebooks and websites, including France's Gault-Milau and Michelin but also newspaper rankings, food blogs and customer-review based sites such as Tripadvisor.
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French gastronomy strikes back with own top restaurants list

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By Raphael Bloch Verified
| Reuters Verified
"La Liste" ranks the world's top 1,000 restaurants by aggregating scores of some 4,000 establishments in more than 200 international guidebooks and websites, including France's Gault-Milau and Michelin but also newspaper rankings, food blogs and customer-review based sites such as Tripadvisor. The list is an initiative from the French foreign ministry's tourism council and will be presented by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Thursday.
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