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Alan Goodrich

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What is the future for Retail Branch Banking..?

I’m not going to comment on the content of Chris’ and Michael’s blogs, but do look forward to the “event” that may bring them together into the public arena in February – I hear Sky Box Office has had strong demand for pre-ticket sales! :-) And I may be partly to blame for stoking the flames with a previous blog (To IP, or Not To IP..?) that could ...

11 December 2007 /retail Trends in Financial Services

To IP, or Not To IP..?

After yesterday's blog sparring session between Messrs Skinner and Goldman, I thought I'd add my own 2p worth to the debate and risk being accused of not reading or understanding either gentleman properly! Those who have followed my blogs on the subject of innovation in banking will not be surprised to learn that I fall more into the corner of Chri...

29 November 2007 /retail Trends in Financial Services

Stick, TWIST or Buy..? Oh dear, BUST..!

First of all, credit where credit is due - the title concept is attributable to one of my colleagues, not me - thank you Howard! Yesterday evening we attended a lively Financial Services Club session of the Supply Chain Management Forum focus group chaired by Eric Sepkes. The guest speaker was Shaun Maine, who happens to be Chairman of the TWIST Te...

23 November 2007 /payments /sibos Financial Supply Chain

45 Shopping Days to SEPA..!

Depending on your local bank/public holidays, there are just 45 business days to "SEPA Day"..! I can't help wondering just how "SEPA-ready" banks and corporates really are with effectively just 9 weeks to "LIVE" date to go..? SEPA may not be as big a deal as the Euro and Y2K in terms of the consequences of not being re...

21 November 2007 /payments /sibos SEPA and European Payments

Houston, we may have a problem...

Nothing too serious on a Friday afternoon, just a quick blog about one of my pet subjects (as friends of mine will be quick to testify)... "Landing on the Moon"! Did man ever really set foot on the Moon? There are many many web sites dedicated to both the hoax theorists and the believers. Just as an example, for the hoax crowd check out: ...

16 November 2007 Whatever...

Will UK Banks Get the X-Factor? It's the Same Difference!

What is it that keeps the excruciatingly happy brother and sister act of Sean and Sarah, Same Difference, out of the bottom two each week? My theory is very simple – they have understood what their customers (public voters) want... Will they win the whole competition? Probably not – but in many ways they have already won and have beaten some seriou...

12 November 2007 /payments SEPA and European Payments

Smarter Than A Ten Year Old?

Sorry, this is not a blog discussing the new TV series, but it hopefully will hold your attention at least as long as the programme makers hope their latest show will. Much is being written and discussed about innovation in financial services with, it seems, organisations employing an increasing number of people with the remit to innovate. Any of y...

07 November 2007 /payments /regulation Trends in Financial Services

Can You Have Your Corporate Cake and Eat It?

The subject of “Innovation in Financial Services” seems to highlight a real and present danger that many senior bankers are struggling with... i.e. how to achieve the “plumbing” and innovate simultaneously, in particular around the corporate financial supply chain... Did you make it to SIBOS this year? Well, the good news was that SIBOS focused a ...

05 November 2007 /payments /sibos Financial Supply Chain

The Distribution Dilemma

Hmmm... I wondered whether it was worth blogging about anything other than MiFID this week... but then decided that perhaps someone might want to read about something else..? Anyway, I finished my previous blog on the funds distribution topic with Tim Keaney’s (co-CEO at BNY Mellon Asset Servicing) statement at SIBOS that “more than 80% of the tra...

01 November 2007 /sibos Trends in Financial Services

How Fickle We Are With Funds

No, I’m not suggesting we are careless or eclectic with our money! Or, are we sometimes – in a way..? I was part of the packed audience in Room 210 at one of the opening sessions, on the Monday morning of SIBOS this year, entitled: The 21st century funds industry: What are the critical success factors? The assembled panel of experts was worthy of t...

26 October 2007 /sibos Trends in Financial Services

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