Funny how things come together as yesterday I noted RBS´s recruitment fair in Second Life and then I sat in a presentation from Deutsche Bank on Second Life. Actually, it was a presentation on how to emulate the bank experience in real life in Second Life, which is what Michael …

Funny how things come together as yesterday I noted RBS´s recruitment fair in Second Life and then I sat in a presentation from Deutsche Bank on Second Life. Actually, it was a presentation on how to emulate the bank experience in real life in Second Life, which is what Michael …

Funny how things come together as yesterday I noted RBS´s recruitment fair in Second Life and then I sat in a presentation from Deutsche Bank on Second Life. Actually, it was a presentation on how to emulate the bank experience in real life in Second Life, which is what Michael …

Funny how things come together as yesterday I noted RBS´s recruitment fair in Second Life and then I sat in a presentation from Deutsche Bank on Second Life. Actually, it was a presentation on how to emulate the bank experience in real life in Second Life, which is what Michael …

After successfully bidding for and winning the ABN AMRO game, with the consortia gaining 86% support on Monday, as mentioned here last Thursday before Barclays withdrew last Friday (confused already?) … Royal Bank of Scotland are now following BNP Paribas’ example and hiring staff in Second Life.  But this is …

When it’s not, Geoffrey Moore says. The author of Dealing with Darwin, Inside the Tornado, Crossing the Chasm explained to Teradata users why analytics is such fast-growing tool in mature businesses, like banking. "You walk into some banks and say it’s cool. Or you like a Web site or a …

When it’s not, Geoffrey Moore says. The author of Dealing with Darwin, Inside the Tornado, Crossing the Chasm explained to Teradata users why analytics is such fast-growing tool in mature businesses, like banking. "You walk into some banks and say it’s cool. Or you like a Web site or a …

When it’s not, Geoffrey Moore says. The author of Dealing with Darwin, Inside the Tornado, Crossing the Chasm explained to Teradata users why analytics is such fast-growing tool in mature businesses, like banking. "You walk into some banks and say it’s cool. Or you like a Web site or a …

When it’s not, Geoffrey Moore says. The author of Dealing with Darwin, Inside the Tornado, Crossing the Chasm explained to Teradata users why analytics is such fast-growing tool in mature businesses, like banking. "You walk into some banks and say it’s cool. Or you like a Web site or a …

Coincidentally, at the same time as a bank rejected my PayPal transactions, another one sent me the solution to my online identity issues.  It arrived in a very nice box, and had a note that said: "We’re looking after you and protecting you." Now one of my bank accounts (I …

SAS and Teradata execs took time out from announcing their partnership today to say they expected to continue working with both SAP and Business Objects. "We have partnerships with everyone," said Bob Fair, EVP for global field operations at Teradata. "For us, when one company acquires another company with a …

Who says competitors can’t work together? It just takes a littel pressure from the customer, in this case Westpac. Super-empower marketing with a CRM system that draws on a data warehouse from Teradata and analytics from Siebel running off transactions on Oracle, says Maree Lipscombe, senior manager of Westpac Leads, …

One thing banks are concerned about with PayPal is if users place more funds on account, as this means you could operate a revolving debit account within PayPal with no funds ever flowing through the banking system.  For example, I could place £1,000 on debit with PayPal and then use …

One thing banks are concerned about with PayPal is if users place more funds on account, as this means you could operate a revolving debit account within PayPal with no funds ever flowing through the banking system.  For example, I could place £1,000 on debit with PayPal and then use …

As the bidding process comes to an end tomorrow, ABN AMRO should be announcing soon after the successful bid by Royal Bank of Scotland, Fortis and Santander to acquire them.  I said that would make the last day of SIBOS interesting a while ago, and it’s tough luck for Barclays …