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One of the reoccurring conversations in banking is trust.

I’ve blogged about it many times, and it’s a point that arises in almost every conversation about how banks prosper.

There are two sorts of trust here however.

Trust in banks to do the right thing, and trust in banks to manage our money with accuracy.

The former is definitely not the trust that exists in banks, with almost two-thirds of people in Britain saying that they no longer trust banks to do the right thing.

If trust in banks to do the right thing has gone, could trust in banks to manage money accurately also disappear?

This is a core question as it’s the one thing bankers believe whole-heartedly: people trust us to process their payments.

This struck me in a conversation about remote banking.

When you no longer see the bank, talk to the bank, deal with the bank … do you still trust it?

The answer from a bank representative is ‘yes’. 

The explanation is that if you are buying something online, is it the online retailer you trust with your payment or the card processer or the bank that issues the card with which you are paying?

Banks believe it is the card processer and bank that you trust at this point, not the retailer.

It’s an intriguing discussion as this is the dynamic that is changing, as we see Amazon and Apple and others moving into the payments market.

Amazon wraps up a payment in a one-click process and Apple do the same in iTunes.

As I blogged recently, ‘pay by Facebook’ may be a reality soon.

So, in whom do you trust with your payment?

 

 

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Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...

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