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A2Z Fintech by A Man Who Blogs #37: Bluffs, Bridges & Bundles
Mastercard's $1.8B BVNK acquisition is the largest stablecoin deal in history. Why Coinbase folded and the card networks started re-bundling. (📚 ~12…
 • Aman Narain
The Tile-High Club
How a 19th-Century Chinese Game Became the West’s Quietest Rebellion
 • Aman Narain
A Man Who Blogs #36: Sweat, Science & Semaglutide
Sumaya Dalmia built a wellness empire starting in 1997 when fitness wasn't even an industry in India. Her 7-pillar framework changed how I manage my…
 • Aman Narain
The Medici's of Monsoon: Bankers to the World
How India’s Forgotten Financial Dynasty Built a Continent’s Liquidity, Bankrolled a Betrayal, and Left the Definitive Case Study in Sovereign Risk
 • Aman Narain

March 2026

AMWB #35: Pioneers, Paradox & (the Forty) Percent
40% of India's banking assets were once led by women. No quota made it happen. No policy saved it when it stopped. (📚 ~11 min read)
 • Aman Narain
The Cracking of the Cathedral: From CNN’s Green Glow to Iran’s LEGO Offensive
How six generations of wartime communication built a monopoly on reality, and how a cartoon may have broken it
 • Aman Narain
A Man Who Blogs #34: Cards, Converts & Code
The foreign banks built India's credit card market, trained the people who beat them, and watched two tech companies inherit what remained. Standard…
 • Aman Narain
Human as a Service
What AI Will Never Learn from a Carpenter, a Barber, and a Shopkeeper
 • Aman Narain
A Man Who Blogs #33: Licences, Legacy & the Long Game
Five years. One PRA licence. Forty markets. And the engineering mindset that could make Revolut the most important bank of the 21st century. (📖 ~9 min…
 • Aman Narain
The Narrow Strait of Hormuz and its Long Winding History
How 39 kilometres of water became the hinge of the world
 • Aman Narain
A Man Who Blogs #32: Chains, Clocks & Capital
Nasdaq partnered Kraken. NYSE backed OKX. Three things happened in five days. Nobody connected them. The 4pm market close is on borrowed time. (📖 ~9…
 • Aman Narain
Hole in the Sky
Dubai International: How a Desert Runway Became the World’s Terminal
 • Aman Narain
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