Community
A discussion of trends in innovation management within financial institutions, and the key processes, technology and cultural shifts driving innovation.
As the owner, you will also give up ownership if you leave this group.
Jeremy Light Co-founder at Fourdotzero
It is a while since I have written about Bitcoin, but I continue to be fascinated by it. In particular, by Bitcoin’s ability to endure and continue serenely on in the face of all manner of controversies and headwinds. Possible Outcomes I have a long-held view there are only two possible outcomes for Bitcoin – it will either disappear, or it will be...
13 November 2017 /payments
Jean-Stephane Gourevitch CEO at Mobile Convergence Ecosystems Ltd.
The Equifax debacle demonstrate the danger lurking into a very outdated, non-customer friendly and absolutely not transparent approach to data. The market is sanctioning Equifax before the regulators hopefully do the same in Europe at least and the consumers launch legal actions possibly class actions as it is now possible in the EU. That such a ...
10 November 2017 /regulation
Retired Member
Can IoT transform last mile delivery of financial services to rural India? While rural banking in India is heavily reliant on channel partners and distribution networks, an emphasis on digitizing and automating would give rise to greater cost efficiencies, as well as increased banking transparency and accountability. The Internet of Things (IoT) c...
09 November 2017 /inclusion
Kunal Patel Product Director at Worldpay
There has been a tremendous amount of debate as to whether innovation labs, hackathons or accelerators are indeed a success or just another way to garner public attention. The FinTech world has been awash with a lot of hype over the last 3-4 years but those working at a product/solution level see things very differently. As someone who is heavily ...
02 November 2017 /retail
Whilst the world is getting smaller the workplace is getting bigger. Teams are global and offices are virtual. True collaboration has never been more crucial. Specifically in trading, effective and efficient collaboration can be the difference between make or break, the stakes are insanely high, huge sums of money rest on traders being able to make...
31 October 2017
Janne Jutila Head of Business Alliances at Signicat AS
If you have interest in Estcoin and crypto currencies, please check my latest blog on https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/estcoin-should-happen-janne-jutila/?published=t #estcoin #eResidency Happy to engage in further activity to speed up the launch 21st century money. Janne Jutila
Alex Kreger Founder and CEO at UXDA Financial UX Design
This year, Apple celebrates ten years since the iPhone launch. We can all agree that it changed the world in which we live. But, ten years ago, just a few months after the presentation of the iPhone, Forbes appeared with the title on the cover: "Nokia. One billion customers - can anyone catch the cell phone king?" Nobody was expecting wh...
05 October 2017 /retail /markets
New customer channels are changing the face of traditional banks and disrupting existing banking models. Rising mobile penetration has transformed the way consumers bank. Previously, routine tasks like getting a new checkbook, transferring money, viewing account balances, etc., required multiple visits to physical bank branches. Today, all of this...
29 September 2017 /payments
When you hear the word ‘tech’, it is unlikely your first thought would be ‘insurance.’ Yet over the last 12 months, the insurance industry has adopted the term ‘insurtech’ with gusto, bringing with it a new sense of potential, and perhaps even more importantly, an upsurge in funding. Investment in insurtech companies has sky-rocketed, with £218 m...
28 September 2017
Balazs Fejes President Europe and APAC at EPAM Systems
Something that was once considered science fiction is becoming a reality and, in turn, a monumental technology disruption. It’s no surprise that as the amount of data processed, analyzed and stored increases, so too will the need for more advanced computing. At their core, quantum computers are exceptional at solving many of the complex challenges ...
07 September 2017 /security
Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.
Please read our Privacy Policy.