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Ben Poole

Ben Poole Contributor at Finextra

World Retail Congress 2014: Digital Evolution Index Launch

In a press conference at lunchtime on day one of the World Retail Congress in Paris, MasterCard and The Fletcher School at Tufts University announced the launch of a new initiative that the two have collaborated on - the Digital Evolution Index. The launch chimed nicely with an earlier interview that Anne Cairns, President, International Markets a...

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Tejasvi Addagada

Tejasvi Addagada Enterprise Data Head at Fortune 500 financial service provider

A BOON but not a Baboon in Credit scoring landscape

The credit scoring and underwriting landscape is undergoing a paradigm shift with the use of enterprise and social data. The banks are planning on utilising the current organizational capabilities including the infrastructure and skills to offset the credit risk associated with borrowers. Scoring models can now use customer consent data from credi...

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David Gibbard

David Gibbard OmniChannel and Digital Banking Evangelist at OmniChannel & Digital Banking

Better System Integration or Fewer Systems to Integrate

I read an article ”Do We Need Better System Integration or Fewer Systems to Integrate?” byTerence Roche, co-founder of Cornerstone Advisors and contributor to Gonzo Banker. In the article he says, “If I were to go to most bankers today and ask them what one thing they would do to improve their systems environment, a large number would say better i...

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A closer look at payments in Brazil: Cracking the Coconut

Brazil’s status as one of the world’s most vibrant tiger economies is well known, but its hosting of a certain international football tournament this summer has further highlighted the region as being ripe with market opportunity. With the world’s eyes on the country, merchants looking to gain a foothold in Latin America have realised the potentia...

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Apple: Bringing NFC to the Mainstream

History has shown us that many people and businesses wait to see what Apple does before committing to a new technology, and we have just witnessed that with regards to mobile payments, and in particular NFC. Whilst there has been a momentum building towards the technology recently, it has never reached the mainstream public, but with Apple’s seal ...

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David Gibbard

David Gibbard OmniChannel and Digital Banking Evangelist at OmniChannel & Digital Banking

Putting the Digital Banking Puzzle Together

Digital banking is a relatively new term that encompasses ATMs, mobile banking, online banking and has expanded to include essentially all banking channels except for the branch. Like most iterations, digital banking started as a single solution, ATMs, but really gained traction as a term when online banking and mobile banking were introduced. Th...

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Elton Cane

Elton Cane Digital product delivery at News Corp Australia

Would you pay to put your mortgage out to tender?

An Aussie start-up with a new take on online mortgage brokerage is betting a good number of people will. Flongle encourages consumers to carefully map out their ideal mortgage for a new property or refinancing, and then for a fee anonymously put it out to Flongle's network of lenders and brokers to bid on in a "mortgage contest". In a way...

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David Gibbard

David Gibbard OmniChannel and Digital Banking Evangelist at OmniChannel & Digital Banking

The Digital Divide Banking Opportunity and Failure

I was reading an article today in Credit Union Management written by Lisa Hochgraf, subtitled, Seven steps to success with your largest 'branch'. The article does a good job identifying a problem all credit unions and community/regional banks face. "Bank of America has 6,000 branches, Wells Fargo has 3,000 and TD Bank has 1,300." You can...

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David Gibbard

David Gibbard OmniChannel and Digital Banking Evangelist at OmniChannel & Digital Banking

Digital Banking ... The New Checking Account?

Back in the old days credit unions and banks aggressively marketed to get your checkingaccount. The reason, banks and credit unions determined that the financial institution that held your checking account was your primary place for banking. While your checking account may not be profitable, all the other banking services and products you used wer...

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Know, Wow, and Empower Customers

Making Customer Insight Analytics Actionable Like most large commercial banks, I’m sure that my bank views my checking account for exactly what it is on its balance sheet, a liability. To be fair, I treat it as my personal controlled disbursement account. Money is directly deposited semi-monthly, and evaporates just as fast to cover my mortgage, b...

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