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Developments in the mobile payments world have really got me worried. I come across an ever increasing account of different banks and technology companies coming to market each with their own variatio...
Banking industry is on the cusp of Digital disruption. Threats are no longer coming from their traditional peers, but from disrupters across telecom (Bharati Airtel applying for Banking license), cash...
Greece, the sick man of Europe, continues to dominate the headlines as the latest chapter in the Greek economic tragedy has seen Syriza, the radical anti-austerity party rise to power and ruffle more ...
Europe’s post trading landscape is about to experience a dramatic change this year with the introduction of Target 2 Securities (T2S), the result of greater regulatory pressures on collateral manageme...
Omni-channel banking is a hot topic, fuelled by the need to provide the best customer experience (CX) no matter what channel a consumer chooses, or how many times they chop and change between channels...
Apple gets it. The way to make things appealing is to make them simple, convenient and valuable for consumers. This is why couponing, loyalty and ticketing are set to be included in Apple Pay 2.0, bri...
Would you bank with your bank? Consider this real life scenario that just happened a few weeks ago. 8:45 PM, Wednesday, ubiquitous Irish pub midtown Manhattan. Ba-Ding! Reflexively my eyes glance
Nothing says tradition, stoicism and endurance so much as the outside of a high-street bank. Classical columns and marbled edifices; banks seek to present stability, experience and wisdom as their ult...
Truly worthwhile destinations almost always require a significant journey. The widespread use of digital money is no exception. This post describes recent research published on the journeys which
Having spent much of 2014 getting to grips with new capital reporting requirements, European banks are now shifting their focus to liquidity monitoring and reporting. Over the course of 2015, they fac...
The sustainability of any business including banking industry is built on fundamental objectives of increasing revenue, controlling costs and mitigating risks. A company which is able to differentiate...
It’s been a fascinating contrast between the statements of Ana Botin and Francisco Gonzalez. In her first interview, Ana Botin (the new Global Chairwoman of Santander, formerly CEO of Santander UK) t...