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There are a lot of discussions on LinkedIn about the Brex duo - two 22-year olds who built a unicorn in less than two years. “Young and inexperienced, did not invent anything new, there are thousands...
Dear community members, 250,000 reasons to say thank you. The Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation community group has passed the 250,000 readership mark within 3 months. ~ 50 posts // over 25...
A newly started electronic brokerage gave free eTrading accounts to all employees of the company in which I was working in circa 2000. I signed up for one immediately. Since then, I've done all my sto...
In the Tortoise and the Hare Part One, I talked about getting faster, moving channels, and working with slower-changing core banking systems. However within our channels there is a similar race where ...
Once a mainstay of the banking industry, current accounts are increasingly perceived as a utility product. Despite their maturity, they remain the second most complained about banking products in the...
Time to read: 5 minutes to gain a different perspective // Open Banking: A Rebel Without a Cause? // There is a heretic in our midst… : : Is Open Banking trying to address a problem that does not exi...
The Top Risks in Restructuring With great organizational change comes great responsibility. Therefore, in order to create a sustainable growth, companies must learn strategies on how to manage the r...
According to a recent PwC study… “Up to 30% of UK jobs could potentially be at high risk of automation by the early 2030s.” https://www.pwc.co.uk/economic-services/ukeo/pwcukeo-section-4-automation-m...
Digital transformation can be a bumpy road for banks. In the past few years, I’ve seen hundreds of attempts at going digital. Many projects end in failure but even if not, most financial institutions ...
Undoubtedly, blockchain represents a conceptual truth, capable of resolving fundamental issues we are currently struggling with. However, let’s agree that the road is long and the overuse of the rela...
This widely known fabled story can serve as an excellent primer for examining the pros and cons of seemingly opposing forces in a familiar format utilizing a compare and contrast context. There certai...
What if there was a banking solution designed by Apple? Would all the other digital financial solutions be forced out of business? There are rumors about what would happen if Google, Apple, Facebook o...