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Bank account portability...

A new compliance challenge or a hidden opportunity? UK senior bank employees at risk of jail sentences for banking negligence and failures dominated the headlines out of the Report of the Parliamentar...

04 Jul 2013
A Finextra Member

Maximizing the value of in-house data

Many companies, not just within the financial sector, have been looking recently to sell off anonymised data about its customers. Putting aside consumer concerns over privacy, are those organizations ...

04 Jul 2013
Innovation in Financial Services
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As easy to use as Amazon?

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, once said: “If you build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful”. This is no different in the banking world and a key part ...

01 Jul 2013
Hans Tesselaar

Vendors and open IT standards: what's in it for them?

Much has been said of the benefits of open standards in banking IT. The introduction of open standards will reduce IT costs and improve banks’ flexibility to develop new and innovative products, which...

27 Jun 2013
Steve Ellis

Kim and Kanye christen baby North not Nat; West that is

Apologies for the headline. NatWest Bank caused a minor ripple through social media today - no, not another network fail - they cracked a joke, on Twitter no less. See below... Not sure if the NatWest...

21 Jun 2013
Jim Marous

Banks Taking Pragmatic Approach to Big Data

The financial services industry has a vast reservoir of data on their customers, but is in the infancy stage of utilizing this data for financial or competitive gain. In a study published by the IBM I...

20 Jun 2013
Innovation in Financial Services
Jim Marous

9 Keys to Bank Cross-Selling Success

With an increasing need for banks to increase revenues and decrease costs, optimizing every marketing contact has never been more important. In addition to leveraging multiple channels to generate a s...

18 Jun 2013
Disruption in Retail Banking
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Branch vs. self-service: Striking the banking balance

Retail bank branch closure is a growing trend in several countries as a cost cutting method. The thinking behind this is logical: branch banking is expensive so it makes sense to drive customers to ch...

18 Jun 2013
Social Banks
A Finextra Member

Shoring Up a House of Cards

The production of a major brand’s gift card scheme can present numerous challenges for Retail Managers, but it doesn’t have to be this way... In my opinion, gift card managers for major UK brands don’...

17 Jun 2013
A Finextra Member

Not very social for social media

At this year’s MobeyDay event in Barcelona we got a little sand, a lot of sun and a whole lot more social media. Even though discussions were had over a wide range of mobile banking topics, it still f...

17 Jun 2013
Jim Marous

Banks Need To Improve Use of Customer Analytics

Understanding customers is the foundation to a sustainable competitive advantage in banking. Therefore, financial marketers can no longer wait to embrace the power of advanced analytics to gain insigh...

14 Jun 2013
Innovation in Financial Services
Alex Noble

Just where are you advertising? Brands, Social Media and CRM

Nationwide Building Society did well to respond so quickly to last week’s social media campaign. The story and the whole news cycle highlights a new set of risks & challenges for CRM. What makes i...

07 Jun 2013
Innovation in Financial Services

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