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Bhavesh Vaghela

SVP B2B Product and Innovation

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10 Oct 2016

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2019 Banking Predictions 6 mins read

I hope you all had a great festive period with loved ones and eased into the first month of 2019. Over Christmas I watched Back to the Future I, II, III with my kids (lets face it Christmas is not Christmas without Back to the Future). It got me thinking what would the almanac for 2019 read. So here is my 2019 almanac predictions.. 1. Evolution ...

01 February 2019 Fintech

Business Transformation - Is PSD2 and Open Banking friend or foe for banks?

Waiting at the departure gate at Heathrow Terminal 2, dressed as an eskimo as I didn't trust the weather reports for Hamburg! The question I started to explore: Is Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2) and Open Banking friend or foe for banks? There are 2 key players influencing change, the European Banking Authority (EBA) who have issued PSD2 and f...

02 March 2017 /regulation /retail Innovation in Financial Services

FIntech Monzo Open Office Event.

One of my 2017 mini objectives was to visit the Monzo office, meet the awesome team and see where the magic happens! If you haven't heard of Monzo its a new bank, with ambitions to build the best bank on the planet. Have a look at their website and sign up - you will not be disappointed, and no I am not on commission! I was lucky enough to grab o

02 February 2017 /retail /startups

Are you a victim of strategic architecture?

In a recent visit to Germany I was privileged to have dinner with a seasoned solution architect. Over a vegetarian German pizza, we discussed implementing agile into legacy systems, the rise of micro services and then the perils of strategic architecture and how a business can become a victim. It sounds like a dichotomy strategic and architecture,...

30 January 2017

Digital Transformation Awesome Product Owner

One of the expected outputs of digital transformation should be epic digital products. Products that engage, add value and seamlessly intertwine into the lives of users. Nostalgic reference alert… Digital transformation is tough and requires the A Team which should include a “Hannibal Smith” Product Owner (PO). So what is a PO? I remember attendin...

22 January 2017 /retail

2017 Banking Transformation Trends

Orignally published on swifltyagile Happy New Year! I hope everybody has had a great festive period. Mine was amazing, I spent time absorbing the beauty of nature in winter and sharing special moments with loved ones with complete digital detox. To warm up my neurones as I awake from my digital hibernation I have put together a brief Mystic Meg p...

05 January 2017 /retail