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Our biggest stories of the past week are … My head is in the clouds Like a few other speakers and writers I get around a little and, this week, I had the opportunity to keynote at Dreamforce in San Francisco.  Now, many of you may not have heard of or experienced Dreamforce, so I’m…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … My head is in the clouds Like a few other speakers and writers I get around a little and, this week, I had the opportunity to keynote at Dreamforce in San Francisco.  Now, many of you may not have heard of or experienced Dreamforce, so I’m…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The importance of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain to banks (and everyone) We had a revival of the Innotribe from SIBOS on Monday, by gathering the great and the good to discuss cryptocurrencies at the Escalator, an incubator for new fintech start-ups in East London run by…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … There is no next big thing … get over it #finovatefall In another conversation, I just spent some time at Finovate Fall in New York.  It’s grown a bit since I was last there four years ago - I would estimate a doubling of attendance, and it’s still…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … There is no next big thing … get over it #finovatefall In another conversation, I just spent some time at Finovate Fall in New York.  It’s grown a bit since I was last there four years ago - I would estimate a doubling of attendance, and it’s still…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Maybe it’s not so Simple, after all For some time, I’ve banged on about banks must redesign for a digital core.  It’s no longer a world that can live in a batch overnight update, when real-time everything is here.  That is the huge challenge for banks: how…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … As Facebook almost died over mobile, banks woke up The times we live in are confusing.  Just as we think we have clarity of direction, the direction changes. Take Facebook.  That mighty social network, that links over a billion people in a massively sharing global hive. …

Our biggest stories of the past week are … As Facebook almost died over mobile, banks woke up The times we live in are confusing.  Just as we think we have clarity of direction, the direction changes. Take Facebook.  That mighty social network, that links over a billion people in a massively sharing global hive. …