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At a recent event I was asked to pick three technologies that could really upset the capital markets applecart. Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology that underpins Bitcoin, was one of those t...
With Apple Pay launching in the UK this week, the uptake of NFC-based mobile payments is going to take on hugely increased momentum and for many consumers pay-by-phone will be become business-as-usu
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With the rapid expansion of smartphones and tablet devices, more and more consumers are using their smartphones and tablets to conduct their daily activities as replacements for their personal compute...
Social CRM has been one of the hot topics for banking in recent years, especially after the strong existence of Social Media in our lives took place. From the banking point of view, it represents the ...
A few weeks ago I had an interesting conversation in my children’s basketball club. The club manager explained that recently they have changed their approach to set up teams of young children. Traditi...
I recently read an article article that points out that banks are loosing touch with their customer base. Less people like the way banks treat them when the bank serve them electronically. Very quickl...
It is now firmly accepted that regulation has become a natural part of the business environment in which many financial institutions operate. Dealing with a constant stream of regulation has become ‘T...
The prevailing mood after the financial crisis was that the market had been under-regulated; that situation has only intensified with subsequent scandals, and is no less true today in light of recent...
The branch of today looks very different to what it looked like twenty or so years ago. Cash slips, pens hanging from chains and queues that lasted longer than it took to walk to the branch, were all ...
When Google first launched Google Wallet, they allowed users to link to it any card of their choice. I explained why that approach was not sustainable long-term. I have a deja vu now with Barclays' ...
A lot of things about banking software hinge on how and when it might fail and what impact that will create. This drives all banks to invest heavily in testing projects. Traditionally, banks have been...