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Assessing the carbon footprint of fintech and looking to the future.

Tracy Bramlet - The New Business Model - Westerville | 08/06/2009 | 3103 views

I must admit to sometimes getting a little overwhelmed at all the effort it takes to live an eco-friendly life. It's not that I'm not making an effort. I recycle at home and at work. I turn off unnecessary lights, replace burned out incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl) ones , use a re-usable cloth bag for shopping, think ... Tags: Risk & regulation, Wholesale banking

Tracy Bramlet - The New Business Model - Westerville | 23/04/2009 | 8112 views

It's a Bird It's a Plane...It's Earth Day

Happy Belated Earth Day! Yes, I know Earth Day was yesterday...hence the belated...but tell the truth did you remember to celebrate? How do you celebrate the Earth? Do you hug a tree, have a neighborhood shredding day, start a compost or just pledge to be more aware? Well whatever you did to mark the day...hats off to you. Because now...today... Tags: Online banking, Wholesale banking

Tracy Bramlet - The New Business Model - Westerville | 13/04/2009 | 7483 views

Altruism or Profit--Green Initiatives Can Support Both

With its latest investment in Philadelphia-based Field Diagnostic Services (FDSI) and its overall $20 billion commitment to support sustainability, Bank of America (BofA) is just the latest financial institution to put their money on the table on issues of environmentalism. BofA joins Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and host of other financial instituti... Tags: Wholesale banking

Elton Cane - Independent - Brisbane | 06/02/2009 | 2483 views

Reversing the hardware to software trend

It's quite common for hardware manufacturers to expand into also offering software that manages and/or runs on their servers or other devices. But it's far less common to find a large pure-play software company getting into the hardware business.But it's perhaps not surprising that Tibco is moving in this direction, given that demand for low-latenc... Tags: Dealing rooms, Wholesale banking

Elton Cane - Independent - Brisbane | 20/01/2009 | 3731 views

The joy of transaction-based recurring revenue

Intelligent Environments appears to have lived up to the first part of its name with the revenue model it has in place with a growing number of customers. Not only does it take a small one-off fee each time a consumer submits an application online for one of its customers' card or bank account products, but the company also takes an annual fee for... Tags: Online banking, Retail banking