961 Results from 2012
Jim Marous Publisher at The Financial Brand
In a new regulatory environment, banks are faced with changing the foundation of rewards programs that were previously funded by interchange income from credit and debit cards. With debit interchange funding gone, FIs still need to continue to find ways to improve bank loyalty and drive the desired card behavior. In addition, banks need to leverag...
29 February 2012 /payments /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Retired Member
With the plethora of news emanating from Barcelona this week, it has been interesting to see announcements about strategic partnerships in the mobile financial services space dominating the headlines. These have included Vodafone’s alliance with Visa to bring contactless mobile payments to customers in more than 30 countries around the world, as w...
29 February 2012 /retail
Nick Ogden Chairman at Ogden Research
It will come as no surprise that Mobile World Congress this year has been dominated by smartphones and how they impact our day-to-day lives. Figures vary, but there is general agreement that the industry has reached a tipping point; soon enough, mobile internet use will surpass that of PC use. The age of the mobile is clearly upon us. In this m...
28 February 2012 /payments
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
2012’s RSA Conference kicks off February 27th. Executive Chairman, RSA, Security Division of EMC Arthur Coviello, Jr. will present a program focused on the fact that in the past 18 months, organizations throughout the world have been under attack by nation-states, “hacktivists,” and cyber criminals. PBS NewsHour Senior Correspondent Jeffrey Brown ...
28 February 2012 /security /regulation
Global mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold between 2011 and 2016, according to Cisco, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 78% from 2011 to 2016. At this rate, by 2016, we really will be in the middle of a mobile data explosion. Of course, 4G and the anticipated growth in video calling will form a huge part of this peak in mobile...
28 February 2012 /retail
Keith Russell
When you live and breathe eBilling and eStatements like I do (I know – I need to get a life!), it’s sometimes surprising when you hear other people’s thoughts and expectations on the subject. I met with a major bank recently, to discuss the option of going paperless with Push eStatements. I found it interesting that the COO’s response was that in t...
Visiting some places can give you the unique feeling of taking a step back in time. The grand architecture and artistry of Rome allows any visitor to immediately immerse themselves in the most powerful empire of modern history. In Havana, you can be transported back to 1950s Americana quicker than you can say ‘vintage Chevrolet’. I now get the ...
27 February 2012 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Daniel Szmukler Director at EBA
The EBA is keen to get community input on the EBAday topics for 2012 and invite bankers, corporate treasurers, and infrastructure and service providers to provide their suggestions and feedback in the 'EBAday community'. We look forward to hearing your ideas on ways and means to help progress the payments business and to foster collaboration and i...
27 February 2012 /payments EBAday
Thousands of small and medium-sized merchants, desperate for visibility and exposure have turned to daily deal sites to help drive traffic to their stores. But the profitability of such models is under scrutiny. I believe there is a huge opportunity for retail banks who could provide a sustainable alternative to daily deal sites by driving their c...
27 February 2012 /payments /retail
Most of my posts so far have been focused on Big Data technology in Financial Services. In this installment, I’d like to switch gears a bit and focus on the industry itself, paying more attention to actual use cases within financial services institutions. Sentiment Analysis Let's start with the most widely discussed use case, sentiment analysis. Wh...
24 February 2012
Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.
Please read our Privacy Policy.