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A discussion of trends in innovation management within financial institutions, and the key processes, technology and cultural shifts driving innovation.
According to Reuters, Temenos and its UK competitor Misys said on Tuesday had agreed to a number of key terms on a possible all-share merger that could create one of the world's largest standalone fin...
Today's the day. Finovate Europe 2012 has arrived and I’ve just completed my demo. Today is proving to be a fantastic showcase for innovation happening throughout the financial services industry. And ...
The Bank of England has JUST released their latest semi-annual FX turnover survey results for October 2011. Highlights Daily FX vols $1,972bln, down 3% on April 2011, some 17% higher on the year ...
I have always believed projects can be as easy or hard as your organisation wants them to be. Projects are a great mirror of the environment in which they are delivered in. If you have the right wor...
There's a great deal of discussion and debate around what will ultimately happen to banking as a result of the massive changes in connectivity, utility, mobility and customer experience taking place r...
Fraud is a problem. CIFAS, the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, noted a 9% increase in overall fraud from 2010 to 2011. Startlingly, there was an 18% rise in facility takeover fraud –when a criminal ob...
When now the market and media hystery around the Euro is fading away it is getting clear that half-pregnant is not a happy state. More integration is needed to reach the splendid potential of a true s...
In a previous Blog about the uptake of Social Media tool, Twitter, I recounted the returns companies get when they deploy a sales methodology, and also the reasons why many companies invest in methodo...
Today's bank and credit union marketers are facing a period of big data, increasing devices and more communication channels than ever before. In addition, consumers are challenging the pricing and ser...
Advances in smartphone technology have already changed the way we live, allowing us to do so much more on our phones. However, mobile payments, mobile banking and the data stored on our phones present...
***To listen to an audio version of this post please click here. Mobile banking is no longer coming. It is already happening. Every major UK bank now offers a reasonable service for multiple plat...
I'm starting to hear of some very significant digital and multi-channel budgets being put in place by many of the leading retail banking brands in 2012. It's about time! While I won't name names or bu...