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Early lessons from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: from doyen to disaster

5,821 days. That’s the length of time that separates Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse and the failure of real estate investment trust New Century in 2007, notably the first domino to fall in the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007-08. Last week’s events represent a sobering reality check. In 2023, banks can still be broken, collapsing spectac...

17 March 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Risk Management

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Looking at banking through the windscreen - the trends affecting the industry in 2022

Looking at banking through the windscreen – the trends affecting the industry in 2022 My car is currently having its windscreen (windshield) replaced. I’m sat on an uncomfortable chair in a small waiting room with no other occupants. On the wall there are two notice boards, one devoted to ‘News and Views’ and the other to ‘Health and Safety’. Ther...

30 December 2021 /retail /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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Looking at banking in the rear-view mirror - assessing the industry in 2021

There are several activities which I don’t get the opportunity to undertake regularly. Writing is a prime example. My enjoyment of putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, began at an early age. I’ve always been fascinated by words. From my teens to my late twenties, a potent combination of shyness, social awkwardness, and self-doubt meant th...

22 December 2021 /retail /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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Banking in the fast lane

Who wants to be in the slow lane, watching innovation pass them by? … This was a key question posed to over two hundred delegates from banking and financial services at our Connect Forum 2016 in Frankfurt. It’s a real concern for these organisations, as the divergence of banking draws ever nearer and the emergence of two speed banking comes to the...

17 October 2016 /retail

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Sky’s the limit for cloud computing

Earlier this month the FCA published its guidance for financial services firms using, or considering using, the cloud and other third-party IT services – ushering in a new level of support for cloud in financial services that will help spur adoption. The FCA’s approval on the use of the cloud in financial services adds weight to a growing realisat...

15 July 2016

Alex Kwiatkowski

UK retail banking in need of transformation

After a two-year investigation the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published provisional recommendations to improve retail banking in the UK. It's a sector that deserves attention but once again a golden opportunity to perform a radical overhaul of the existing market has been shunned in favour of a more modest set of anticipated outc...

20 May 2016 /retail

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