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Brett King CEO & Founder at Moven
Since the introduction of internet banking, customer behavior as respects day-to-day banking has been rapidly changing. Whereas in the mid-80s you might have done 70% of your banking through the branch, cash and cheque, today most of our retail banking interactions occur through electronic channels. For some segments, like seniors passbook holders...
15 May 2010 /retail
James Gardner did a great post on his blog today that got me thinking. Why is it so hard to get Mobile banking and social media on the minds of the top bankers today? The iPad has sold over 1 million units in just over 1 month since its release, but this pales in comparison to the iPhone which has exceeded 100 million total units, with sales gl
11 May 2010 /retail Finance 2.0
Alex Noble Account Director at McAfee
It's always sad to see job losses on this scale and (if it's correct) the Finextra calculation that Royal Bank of Scotland has cut 22,600 jobs since the crisis began, helps provide an indication of the human cost of the banking crisis. The problem is that while popular anger at senior banking mangers is in many cases justified, most of those who a...
10 May 2010 /retail
There is a debate that has been raging in Advertising quarters for almost a decade now - which is better Digital Media or Traditional Advertising. The fact that this question is being asked at all shows that most advertisers and institutions don't get consumer behavior in the interconnected world. Considering that agencies are in advertising, you'...
05 May 2010 /retail
Retired Member
Following the spate of bank failures over the last couple of years, surviving institutions must brace themselves for a tough future, characterised by high competition and low customer confidence. How can a bank triumph over these pressures to sustain itself in the long run? When products are becoming more commoditised by the day, where does a bank...
03 May 2010 /retail
Take a look at your retail or consumer banking website or homepage. I can 100% guarantee that regardless of who you are, and in what market you are in that I know exactly which part of the site is clicked on most. Contact us? Nope. Press Releases - definitely not. The biggest Ad banner on the homepage? Nope... Figured it out. Well the headline giv...
02 May 2010 /retail
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
Now that May is almost upon us, we here at Finextra HQ are busy putting the final touches on EBADay, the only European payments conference you should attend. (and that's not just because this year, we are descending on the beautiful Luxembourg.) The preliminary agenda looking at Unlocking the full potential of Sepa, has been formulated and is avail...
30 April 2010 /payments /retail EBAday
The 2.0 phenomenon is going strong. Despite Facebook's unbridled success, Twitter's storm to the popular vernacular and FourSquare's recent fanfare, some traditional marketers, bankers and observers still don't get what all the fuss is about. But increasingly they need to... Social media is about giving power to the people. I know it sounds corny...
29 April 2010 /payments /retail
It is well documented that the Internet is increasingly becoming the go-to destination for consumers to read up on and research the wide array of financial services products on the market and as this accelerates, more and more consumers will want to be able to apply for financial services online. Recent research found that almost six out of ten fi...
27 April 2010 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Last week I released a blog article and an infographic to stimulate discussion on Innovation in the banking and financial services sector. The blog received a lot of comments and discussions on Twitter and blogs, some taking exception at my supposed "left-wing" political leanings based on the fact that I published the article on Huffing...
25 April 2010 /retail
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