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Recently I've made a post about the importance of preparing for PSD2 already now. Even though it got quite popular, I thought to myseulf - why don't we take a step back and focus on expaining banking...
Following Chipotle’s e-coli scare late last year, the burrito chain’s stock has been on a free fall. From a peak of ~$750 in October 2015, the stock price plummeted to ~$400 at the height of the crisi...
Wrote most of this in 2009..some adjustments made. Are we doing the right things in the right order? Maybe not… at least not often enough. The socio-technical landscape has changed so fast and we are ...
The most frequently asked question I get from banks is "What do we need to think about if we want to move away from passwords?" So I've taken the liberty to create this write-up, with the go...
Blog 3 of Transformational Banking Series - Getting the right focus on API’s to transform banking Whilst mobile, cloud, big data and social (Gartner’s nexus of forces) have stolen the limelight in be...
Since the times of BITNET Relay, also known as the Inter Chat Relay Network and IRC (Internet Relay Chat) I am interested in bots residing in such networks. In the book More BASIC Computer Games (publ...
Traditionally Financial Institutions have been collecting application forms along with the physical supporting documents like Proof of Identity, Proof of Address, Proof of Birth, Certificate of Incorp...
Facebook-owned WhatsApp, a cross-platform mobile messaging apps, announced their new default security encryption settings for their end-users. What does this really mean for their one billion plus use...
Efforts to reform the banking sector and stimulate competition within the market, such as the 7-Day switch guarantee introduced by the Government in 2013, have made it less complex and time consuming ...
The PSD2 directive will be effective starting from January 2018 — a plenty of time it seems. However, two years for EU member states and banks to incorporate new regulations are in fact very tight sch...
Fintech firms understandably spend a great deal of time suggesting that financial institutions should put the customer at the centre of their strategy through technology. Financial institutions are in...
With the rise of the digital era a whole array of competitors have joined the banking sector, and at an unprecedented level. From funding new ideas with Indiegogo and Kickstarter, to personal loans fr...