Instigate change. Start a new collaborative Blog Group

Create group
Blogs
A Finextra Member

Dangers of unlimited deposit insurance.

In response to the FDIC's (US) request for comment on it's proposed implementation of Section 343 of Dodd Frank (unlimited deposit insurance on corporate non-interest bearing accounts), Treasury Str

18 Oct 2010
Treasury Management
Keith Bear

Are the clouds clearing?

Cloud models in wholesale financial services continue to get a lot of press, but fewer public references regarding value delivered, than you might expect for what many perceive as such a big game chan...

18 Oct 2010
A Finextra Member

Credit Suisse publishes Global Wealth Report 2010

Last week, Credit Suisse announced the publication of the Global Wealth Report 2010. It’s an inaugural study which aims to “provide the most comprehensive study of the world wealth”. In contrast with...

12 Oct 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Temenos and Odyssey: geographical challenges

My first Temenos’ assignment was in Madrid. It was a very large implementation at a Spanish branch of a big Swiss Bank. Late in the evening, straight after work, most of our team used to have dinner ...

10 Oct 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
Elizabeth Lumley

What I know and believe about social media.

Not much. No, seriously, really not that much. Well, that's not strictly true. I do have some beliefs and knowledge about the use of social media from a personal, professional and every day life point...

08 Oct 2010
Social Banks
A Finextra Member

Temenos Odysey integration: no magic bullet

A specialized financial publication from Geneva, AGEFI, quoted this morning a high executive from Temenos: “The integration has already begun. The strategy is already in place and a more detailed pla...

06 Oct 2010
John Cant

Do fines change the behaviour of financial firms?

Over recent months we have seen the FSA in the UK, as well as regulators in other geographies, hit the record books with larger and more numerous fines for misconduct – e.g. for poor reporting, or ha

06 Oct 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
Elizabeth Lumley

Does operational Utopia exist?

The dialogue between the needs of the business groups (often widely disparate and silo'ed business groups) and the responsibilities of the enterprise IT departments can often read like a clichéd marri...

05 Oct 2010
Brett King

A REAL solution to customer-centred banking?

The issue of how to make the migration to a truly customer centric organization is often agonized over. While many are keen to see that goal materialize, there are just as many who feel organizational...

23 Sep 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
Paul Love

EFMA - looking back at day one

The EFMA conference is a regular event in my calendar, and as I travelled there on Tuesday the omens were looking good. I bought my breakfast at the airport with contactless Visa Paywave and the sun w...

16 Sep 2010
Brett King

What does the Business version of PFM look like?

Have a look at your bank's local website in respect to business internet banking and you'll see lots of demos, and promotion of basic features like 'instant balances', 'convenient transactions' and 'a...

15 Sep 2010
Online Banking
Brett King

Is Bank Campaign Marketing DEAD???

The perfect Ad is something advertisers dream about. Some "mAd" Men, go their entire career searching for it, others who are creatively gifted, come up with home runs, Gold Lions and accolad...

07 Sep 2010
Finance 2.0

Now hiring