Blog Index

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. …

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Bitcoin is a Wild West … when the dust settles, will it still be around? Bitcoin has gone from the leading light for the future to a flaky, shaky infrastructure.  This is the result of the Mt.Gox meltdown, along with other exchanges since.  In other words,…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Fintech is the place to be (and so is London) I was reflecting on the number of new companies starting new ventures in financial services, and wanted to quantify the numbers somehow.  This cropped up because almost everywhere I go, there’s a fintech start-up or start-up…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Are you a career optimist or a headless chicken? I just read some interesting research by the Bank Workers Charity, a charity set up over a century ago to provide education to orphans but, today, a charity that looks after the needs of redundant or sick…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The Top 1000 Banks in the World 2014 Each year, The Banker magazine (to which I contribute a monthly column) publishes their list of the Top 1000 banks.  It's a great research resource that I've been tracking since 1994, when half the banks in the top 10 were Japanese….

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Q: Why are banks organised in product silos? A: McKinsey I often hear the lament from bankers that their business is designed around products, rather than customers. Why is this? According to an article I stumbled across recently, it’s all McKinsey’s fault. How bank twitter #fails…