In old days, a kingdom would showcase it’s might to a feuding kingdom or a perceived threat by parading it’s battalion of men, herd of elephants, stable of horses and gladiators. Today, countries parade their aircrafts, submarines, tankers, drones, fighter jets, and other arsenal on their national day, to display their might. Same intent: to clearly convey to their hostile neighbors, that they shouldn’t even entertain the thought of any sort of transgression.

Similarly, in the world of banking, investment in cutting edge technology has become the new firepower.