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The Composable Bank

In tech history, it’s rarely a single hyped-up innovation that changes the game. Take the iPhone and its revolution of the smartphone market; the colour touch screen, power efficient processor, integrated phone, WiFi, Li-ion battery technology, internet browser and app store were all features singularly available in devices that predated the iPhon...

10 August 2016

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Blockchain - Not The Only Game In Town

Let’s get this out of the way. Blockchain is great. I’m in no doubt, that every part of our financial services industry, one day, will be simpler and more efficient because of Blockchain. It’s also encouraging to see banks and institutions putting plenty of wood behind the Blockchain arrow. Finally, we are waking up to the idea that Rationalisation...

15 February 2016

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Financial Markets 2.0 - Time To Get Match Fit

I'll be brief in setting the scene, because we've heard it all before; the last 5 years were all about taking cost, risk and leverage out of the Financial Markets business - the crash diet for the binge that was had in the 10 years before. The interesting question is, what does the next 5 years hold? In many ways, the next cycle is more challenging...

21 October 2014

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Lack of IT resources hitting digital transformation

Interesting article. I see many transformation programmes citing lack of skilled resources as a risk or issue.

However, the reality is more likely to point to an inefficient governance model that doesn't manage the material risks of digital transformation, compounded by a cumbersome low-frequency change methodology.

30 Aug 2016 14:29 Read comment

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