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I was in India a few weeks ago speaking to the Reserve Bank and most of the primary Retail Banks about the impact of mobile and social media on the industry there. The new RBI Governor in India, Raghu...
The industry is abuzz at present with many people talking about the endless opportunities and possibilities around BLE Beacons, and amidst all the discussion remains a large amount of confusion around...
Speaking to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 8 January 2014, Sam Woods, director of UK regulator the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) condemned technology at UK banks as “antiquated”. He...
Brett King could not have better timed his visit in Mumbai than yesterday So I had great time with Brett King for his seminar on Business of Banking in Mumbai, India conducted by Oracle and CXOToday.c...
I was reading this article a few days ago, that Central Bank of India wants 800 new bank branches in rural India. A recent survey of rural India has shown that there are only 36 branches for every mi...
Disclaimer: These opinions are purely mine and do not endorse my firms views or that of any individual of my firm. Tumbling Tins: Focus on the Foundation to Win - the title revolves around a topic r...
Referencing the move by Barclays in the UK to introduce mobile cheque imaging in response to the reversal of banking industry plans to kill off cheques by 2018, APCA CEO Chris Hamilton recently said ...
Prompted by this article reviewing games created by central banks that I found in Finextra's always excellent Best of the Web section, I've recently been catching up on what's happening more broadly ...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has a new policy which will let foreign lenders set up branches in India. This represents an unprecedented opening up of the Indian banking industry, which will bring m...
Money, as they say, does not grow on trees. Balance sheets must balance, and capital requirements must be met. Next year will see the implementation of the new European capital regime - the Capital Re...
Disclaimer: the views expressed are purely mine and does not endorse my firm’s views or any individual at my firm. Let me start by asking you a question: What is common between General Motors, Daimler...
The old saying “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” crossed my mind when I recently read this article in which loan defaulters protest against the aggressive procedures adopted by banks to r...