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Nigel Walsh

Nigel Walsh Partner at Deloitte

When Connected Cars met the Dark Side

Without any doubt, Connected Cars are one of the most exciting and interesting areas right now with focus from almost every sector, motor manufacturers, insurance providers, mobile and networks and so much more. The vast number of partnerships from Apple CarPlay to Spotify to mapping providers and more, it will be no doubt the most connected device...

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Don’t let data risks inhibit innovation

2014 saw some major data stories hit the headlines, with global firms such as Sony, eBay and the European Central Bank suffering very public data breaches. The CEO of Target even lost his job as a result of the breaches his firm suffered. We’re only a few months into 2015 and we’ve already seen US healthcare provider Anthem announce that it suffe...

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From Impossible, to Improbable, to Inevitable in less than 10 years - crowdfunding

When new industries are born they either die quickly, snuffled out by growing pains, or they burst into the scene with furious pace. The more innovative an idea, the harder it can be to find real adoption. First you need to educate, build within rules, which were often not designed for you and lastly wait for punters to catch on/up and adopt. Crow...

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Pensions Advice: You Don’t Get What You Pay For

According to a Platforum survey around half of investors expect to pay less than £500 for retirement planning advice. In fact, their survey of 252 active investors, found little appetite to pay for advice at all. The Retail Distribution replaced in-built product commissions with adviser fees, however these fees are now bringing the quality of serv...

/regulation /retail

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Digital Banking: Where it falls short

According to Wikipedia, modern Banking has been around for a long time (since the days of Renaissance Italy in 14th century) and money even longer (bartering of cattle as early as 9000 BC, laws around money enacted by Babylonians around 1760 BC). I wonder what users expected in those days or how consumer experience was perceived. Obviously for an ...

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Clinging to Cash: Latest Data Showing How Cash is Still King

Mark Twain famously said, “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” The same could be said, unfortunately, for cash. Although the death of cash has been discussed for many years and billions have been invested in more modern payment infrastructure and solutions, about 85% of all consumer payments around the world are still condu

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Apple Watch: What’s in store for Digital Banking?

Recently, during a discussion with a bank representative from one of the banks working with my company, I was asked how the Apple Watch would impact digital banking, and whether banks should invest in wearables and smartwatch banking apps. Here are my views on this topic: Over the short term, smartwatches and wearables will not have a major impact ...

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It’s time to raise awareness about the costs to run SCF instruments.

Supply Chain Finance (SCF) has generated significant interest as a way to optimize a company’s working capital and to strengthen its supply chain operations. Special attention has been dedicated to the positive impacts of SCF instruments. But what are the associated costs? After a deep research on this topic, thorough interviews with industry expe...

Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Why Hacking is a National Emergency

Foreign hackers, look out: Uncle Sam is out to get you. President Obama has issued an order that allows the State Department and Treasury Departments to immobilize the financial assets of anyone out-of country suspected of committing or otherwise being involved in cyber crimes against the U.S. This order, two years in the making, covers hacking of...

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Can financial services afford the cost of avoiding legacy retirement?

Over the past 20 years, every time a new technology is introduced or evolved, financial services firms have been bootstrapping legacy systems try to stay afloat. But, increasingly, they’re finding that’s not sufficient. Today businesses need deeper analytics, better customer insight and to get more from their data. But that can’t be done with thei...

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