The size of the 2008 financial crisis means that it cannot be ignored as a shaper of the future. Yet perspective is important. 9/11 was a dramatic event but did not have to lead to a war on terror or a long war in Iraq. It did so because there were policies and actions ready to be triggered by the event, giving 9/11 massive catalytic power. The 2008 crisis—if that is how history finally refers to it - is likely to be a major influence for the geography of finance. The odds of a world akin to our scenario of Cybureaucracy have increased with the world of My word is my chip facing some challenges. In summary, we have argued that the crisis can be analysed using the same macrodrivers—the development and adoption of ICTs and deregulation—which lay behind the end of geography thesis: (i) advances in ICTs have allowed global financial markets to be increasingly integrated (a necessary but not sufficient condition for the integration of markets);