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Tim Brew

Tim Brew

CEO and Founder at YourCMO
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Bio I am an experienced global business developer with 30 years in the Banking & FINTECH marketplace. In 2014, I started YourCMO, to help organisations develop their go-to-market strategy. I am interested in The Digital Revolution, Cyber Security, Real time payments, Banking Transformation, The Intern Career History Founder and MD at YourCMO, specialist marketing and sales services to the Fintech market. Global Head of Marketing for CGI - Financial Services Global Head of Marketing Logica - Financial Services Sales & Marketing Director Logica, Global Products Global Lead e-ID, Logica Full history on linked

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Creating Practical Differentiated Digital Banking

04 Mar 2015

Financial Institutions around the world are spending big on “Digital”, but what return on investment are they really getting? What real innovation are they offering? To me, all the mainstream offerings look very similar and yet deliver little in terms of value add. Many banks have a mobile APP with payments, statements and some simple alerts, b...

 

The Digital Bandwagon is truly rolling....

05 Jan 2015

Over Christmas I tweeted that 2015 could be the year of the new digital bank. I really believe that the bandwagon has finally started rolling - it may not have arrived at its destination yet… BUT if you do want to catch it, you need to jump on quickly. Why is the industry so interested in this whole topic? Well how often does massive disruptio...

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A murmuration of bankers is gathering!

25 Nov 2014

It was with great interest that I read the article last week about the plans to launch a new bank called Starling when Anne Boden, former AIB COO, announced her plans for the new digital bank. Along with other new era start-ups like the high street bank Metro Bank, innovative digital players like Starling have a huge advantage over the traditiona...

 

Can Real Time Payments impact GDP?

24 Oct 2014

As the global news feeds announce whacky, new, mobile-inspired payment concepts faster than the regulators can dream up new regulations for the banking market, it is fantastic to see the news this week from the The Clearing House in the US. At last we have real signs that the US Payment Authorities are serious about updating their legacy payment i...

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PayPal lets users instantly transfer funds to bank accounts

  Really interesting that the argument still goes on in the US about whether there is a business case for Instant Payments.  The rest of the world thinks so, as does PayPal! It's time for a regulated change, so that everyone can benefit.

13 Mar 2019 Reply Read article

Swift unveils tool to help banks spot fraudulent transfers

  Banks have to follow sanctions screening as determined by the regulator on transactions before sending.  This can create a delay in the transaction being completed where the transaction fails a sanctions process and requires manual intervention.  Given the risks involved in getting this wrong maybe a function that has the ability to stop or temporarily hold a transaction at SWIFT would be appropriate?  Perhaps this could utilise artifical intelligence, where transactions outside of normal expectations are held at SWIFT while confirmation is sought from the sending bank. 

20 Sep 2016 Reply Read article

Blockchain Business Scenarios

  Hi Enrico - interesting blog.  On the corporate to corporate you suggest that this might remove the need for the middlemen - but within the bank to bank you suggest that SWIFT might operate it?  That would remove one of the key benefits of migration to blockchain - a reduction in transaction fees due to removal of the middleman!  Surely (not immediately I grant you) a complete change of technology like this must lead to complete infrastructure change, simplification and transaction cost reduction. Clearly Corporates are taking this slower than Financial Institutions, but that is not unusal, corporates often hold back on technology change unless there is a really clear business case and return on investment.  However, what is becoming very clear is that this is a massive distruption we are witnessing in the financial services and transaction processing marketplace.

26 Nov 2015 Reply Read article

This journey ends with a brief goodbye...but not for long

  Liz, what a great read - As one who has worked with you as a client shooting videos around the world at events and in London in the studio - I would like to thank you and wish you well. You are one of life's greats.  I look forward to seeing you when you remerge on the the other side.

25 Jun 2015 Reply Read article