https://www.scmp.com/rss/330964/feed Kurt Lin is the former Hong Kong-based associate bureau chief of Monocle. His published works can also be found in Nikkei Asian Review, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Shopping Design (Taiwan) and more. As a sought after writer and speaker, his words and voice often appear in the region on a wide array of topics such as international politics, business, culture, fashion and finance. He, who is trilingual and has lived in four continents, believes Asia is full of intriguing human stories that are... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Modern finance has its origins in medieval Italy. To protect and foster grain farmers, finance was arranged to start the growing process and cover a farmer’s losses. These exchanges can be traced back to Venice in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and helped build an economy that became the hub of global trade. As the practice of money lending was institutionalised, the bank emerged. The word comes from banca, Italian for the benches where the trade took place. What those Venetian moneylenders... https://www.scmp.com/native/tech/big-tech/topics/digital-makers-future/article/3004471/finances-future-rests-technology?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/tech/big-tech/topics/digital-makers-future/article/3004471/finances-future-rests-technology?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Apr 2019 04:15:12 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/travel-leisure/topics/building-connections/article/3001088/raising-bar-culinary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/travel-leisure/topics/building-connections/article/3001088/raising-bar-culinary?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2019 01:00:04 +0000