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The implementation of any new enterprise payments hub comes with multiple different challenges. Indeed headaches abound, from changes to operational procedures, to definition of new workflows, to upd...
SMEs are the backbone of the British economy. There are over 5 million of these ventures in the UK right now, and they are in great rip-roaring health. The banking big four handle the majority of SMEs...
As the elections loom large and the party leaders are, as we speak, on some campaign bus or another, covering large swathes of the British Isles in the desperate bid to win over last minute voters, ho...
It’s hard to believe that, according to a recent poll from the Pew Research Center, most Americans aren’t too upset that the government can track their e-mails and phone calls. There’s too much of a b...
With the launch of the Apple Watch on the 24th April and its support for Apple Pay, one question is; “Will customers prefer the Apple Watch over the iPhone 6 for in-store Apple Pay purchasing?” A surv...
“Saving is consumerism needlessly postponed” – Rory Sutherland, Ogily My name is Duena Blomstrom and I’m addicted to instant gratification. My four and a half year old often says “waiting for patience...
Business banking. Who hasn’t lived or at least heard the stories? Getting a business account in the UK is a nightmare. It takes forever, the hoops you have to jump through are bureaucracy at its worse...
This post could have any of these tag lines and neither: Change. Organisations. Mammouth structures. Culture. Inertia. Banks. Extinction. “Banks won’t cease to exist but the banking experience of toda...
Innovation. Culture. Innovation Culture. Chief Innovation Officer. Officer to Chiefly Innovate. Labs, hack-athlons, incubators, accelerators, internal teams on innovation weekends and shinny furniture...
Can we reach full financial inclusion in 5 years? Given the World Bank FI2020 goals, apparently our world leaders think the answer is yes. But those of us working in the commercial banking segment see...
Apple is recognized as one of the most innovative companies in the world. However, with their Apple Pay offering launched last year, they are playing a surprising role: reseller for the credit car
The entire Mobile industry is getting disrupted across the world as its transitioning from distance based revenue model to volume based revenue model. The key actors (Mobile Operators, Device manufact...