Our biggest stories of the past week are … What are the biggest challenges in banking today? Sometimes social media kicks off great discussions about banking. For example, a discussion began with a simple question asked by Next Bank orchestrator Rob Findlay: Guys help me out. Give me the top 3-5 BIG challenges in banking right now…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Convincing management to renew core systems I’m often asked what I mean by a digital core and how to convince management to buy into it. What I mean by a digital core is that the bank has made itself cleansed and ready to join the new generation of fintech. It…
Our biggest stories during the holidays are … Happy Holidays! Well, it's the holiday season and hoop-di-hoop and dickery dock … no forget all that. Enjoy your time with families and friends and, from a blustery London City, I wish you all well for the season and a peaceful 2015. Reflections on 2014 (did the…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … Banks with pre-internet age core systems have a heart that is no longer beating I realised something about this new market of fintech the other day, where banks become financial systems integrators. That realisation was that banks really should think about what they are doing, developing…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … "An $81 million payments transaction cost just 4 cents to process", thanks Bitcoin I just spent a couple of days talking about cryptocurrencies and the bitcoin thing again. It still amazes me how many misperceptions and distorted views there are out there about this area. One…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … "An $81 million payments transaction cost just 4 cents to process", thanks Bitcoin I just spent a couple of days talking about cryptocurrencies and the bitcoin thing again. It still amazes me how many misperceptions and distorted views there are out there about this area. One…
Our biggest stories of the past week are … What is a digital bank? This question arises fairly often and I guess it’s because some people think of it as the addition of mobile apps and tablets; others believe it is creating a paperless bank; whilst others talk about a digitalisation of processes and products. …
