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Alan Goodrich

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EUR 33m to reinvent the wheel...

Arguably this is not a blog, as it has been too long since my last missive - perhaps on this occasion it should be categorized as a periodic rant in disbelief at human ability not to learn from others’ mistakes? In this month’s issue of IBS Publishing (Issue 18.9, June 09) a lead article described a project at Caja Madrid, the fourth largest saving...

15 June 2009 /retail Innovation in Financial Services

SCARY MOVIE... prepare to SCREAM!

Seriously, those of faint disposition should have a cushion handy to hide behind! How often do we read about and debate the moral dilemma of mere mortals "playing God" in areas such as medicine, e.g. stem cell research, and physics, e.g. creating anti-matter – but do we ever have that debate in financial services? On the publicly availabl...

01 February 2008 /regulation Trends in Financial Services

Anyone got 1 Euro to spare..?

On 5th March 1995 Dutch banking and insurance group ING bought Barings for £1 and assumed liabilities of over $600m. According to some McKinsey research presented by Mark Lawrence at a PRMIA event I attended in London on 18th December 2006, based on a sample of more than 350 operational loss events, normalized for industry performance, the decline ...

28 January 2008 /regulation Trends in Financial Services

The Retail Branch debate won't die...

Just when you thought the subject had safely swam off quietly into deeper waters, frightened off by crazed French bankers; the debate resurfaces thanks to those nice analysts at Celent.

28 January 2008 /retail Trends in Financial Services

Not seeing the mobile wood for the trees...

Yesterday evening I enjoyed a lively debate on "Mobile Telephony and the Supply Chain" at the Financial Services Club Supply Chain Forum... good company, wine and food... but left with the nagging feeling that we had somehow missed the point in our discussions... Much of he discussion revolved around mobile payments and the mobile phone /...

18 January 2008 /payments Financial Supply Chain

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...

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