Vinyl revolution: The parallels between LPs and financial services

Financial services are being re-engineered for provider convenience

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Could the growing resurgence of vinyl records be evidence of a rejection of the all-encompassing creep of digitisation? Jon Dean draws parallels between LPs and financial services...

Imagine a world where you didn't need to buy yourself a new iPhone to access the latest features of your new television; one where you don't have to remember yet another username and password, and you're not dependent on having a 4G signal to receive a validation code to complete a purchase. This is the world a minority of mainly young people are choosing to inhabit. Maybe just in a small way, but could the growing resurgence of vinyl records in preference to music streaming be evidence of a rejection of the all-encompassing creep of digitisation? This weekend I was trying to help m...

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