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Felix Kronabetter

Felix Kronabetter Business Development Manager at RBR

Sweden sees less cash, more problems

The members of Europe’s cash management association ESTA came together for its 35th annual conference on 19th and 20th May at Vienna’s Intercontinental Hotel with the rallying cry, “A bright future for cash!” Outgoing president Kenneth Hoegman hailed the event’s speaker roster of experts and strong support by providers in the sold out exhibition ar...

/payments /retail Banking Architecture

Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Are You Falling for Banking Industry Myths?

The banking industry is changing by the day. What once were definitive "table stakes" for the essential software needed to run a full-service bank are now blurring due to rapidly evolving market dynamics. In this environment it can become difficult to discern reality from myth when it comes to what a bank truly needs to be successful in ...

/retail Digital Banking Trends

Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Digital Investment Advice - Should Financial Advisors start looking for another job?

1. Introduction Digital Investment Advice Tools (also called IATs, Robo-Advisors, Automated Investment Advisors, Digital Investment Managers or Digital Wealth Management Tools) play an increasingly important role in the world of investment advice and wealth management. These tools are already in use for decades in wealth management firms (often in...

/retail Innovation in Financial Services

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AI and the future of banking

With high-profile advances in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), from Amazon’s Alexa to Google’s self-driving cars, there is a growing view that machines will start to perform more and more day-to-day jobs, potentially threatening the livelihoods of millions. While we can’t predict with any certainty what will happen in the future, in o...

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So You Think You Want a Career in Banking, Eh?

Currently, there is much written about careers in banking. It's not fake news, but it sounds more like fantasy news. Here is my interpretation of the real landscape, and I offer it to readers just to level the marketing hype with reality: Goal Reality Quick rise to the top Never happens in a bank. It takes 30 ...

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When You Think Disruption, Think Beer

That might sound a bit odd, but it’s true. The disruption happening in the financial sector now, with neobanks, fintechs and e-banks - not to mention business development companies and private equity firms and real estate investment trusts on the commercial side - a lot is changing in the staid, conservative world of banking. That’s where beer com...

/retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Dmitrii Barbasura

Dmitrii Barbasura Chief Operating Officer at Fintech Galaxy

The requirements for non-dedicated PSD2 interface and how ASPSPs can meet them

This is the first piece from an upcoming series of articles about non-dedicated PSD2 interfaces. The scope of these articles is to describe to EU-based ASPSPs that have chosen to provide a non-dedicated interface - what are the requirements, how to meet them, and what are the potential challenges. This first piece will cover the requirements legal...

/regulation /retail Banking Regulations

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Placing customer experience at the heart of innovation: the rise of the instant bank account

The majority of traditional and challenger banks in the UK are currently lagging behind customer demand for an instant account set up, and risk missing an opportunity to attract new customers and retain existing ones. Recent research (2019) conducted by Censuswide of 2,000 UK banking customers shows that 4 in 10 Brits (43 per cent) expect to be abl...

/retail Banking Architecture

Rik Coeckelbergs

Rik Coeckelbergs Independent Advisor, Opinion Maker and Consultant at The Banking Scene

Top 3 threats for banks today

Recently I represented The Banking Scene at Money20/20 Europe. I skipped one year, so my last edition was in Copenhagen. Man… this conference has grown. The coffee I took at the entrance, was almost cold when I finally reached Mainstage. To my surprise, their growth was for me personally the biggest eye-opener of this edition. The conference is t...

/retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

David Donovan

David Donovan Executive Vice President at Publicis.Sapient

Why a Platform Business Model is key to accelerating Top Line Growth at Financial Services

The titans of the banking industry need to set aggressive aspirational goals and execute upon strategic platform building capabilities to grow top line revenues, take their business beyond their core capabilities and compete with digital native platform companies that are moving into the banking domain. Platform business models pioneered by techno...

/retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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