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The Finanser’s Week: 23rd June – 29th June 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … What can bankers learn from retailers and vice versa? I organised a fascinating dinner focused upon what banks could learn from retailers the other night.  As the evening transpired, various thoughts popped into my head and felt it worth recording them here. There is no next…

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The Finanser’s Week: 16th June – 22nd June 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The threat to banks is not Google or Amazon but … What amazes me about the banking system is that the banking system does not believe it needs to change.   It does not believe it is being disrupted by technology.  It is dismissive of many new…

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The Finanser’s Week: 16th June – 22nd June 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The threat to banks is not Google or Amazon but … What amazes me about the banking system is that the banking system does not believe it needs to change.   It does not believe it is being disrupted by technology.  It is dismissive of many new…

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The Finanser’s Week: 9th June – 15th June 2014

 Our biggest stories of the past week are … The threat to banks is not Google or Amazon but … What amazes me about the banking system is that the banking system does not believe it needs to change.  It does not believe it is being disrupted by technology.  It is dismissive of many new…

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The Finanser’s Week: 2nd June – 8th June 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … It’s better to own disruption than be eaten by it As mentioned yesterday, banks are not sleeping ostriches but are very awake to the digital revolution.  In fact, many are investing in that revolution with four incumbent banks standing out on my radar for their investments…

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The Finanser’s Week: 26th May – 1st June 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Amazon vs IBM, Google vs BMW … digital disrupts everything I’ve not been surprised by disruptions in industries like music, movies, books and travel.  All of these things can be digitised and have been.  Music has been disrupted three times: first illegal downloads with Napster; then…

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The Finanser’s Week: 19th May – 25th May 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Who let the dogs out? I was going to use this in my presentations but it’s far too difficult to fit everything in these days, so it’s a blog post instead.  I’ve been asked to research 2035 by a client.  One of the things I stumbled…

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The Finanser’s Week: 12th May – 18th May 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The Changing Face of Payments Report, 2014 In late 2013, we researched the views of how payments markets are responding to change. The results are intriguing, so here's the management summary.  If you would like  a free copy of the report, just download here. Digital Bank (revised)…

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The Finanser’s Week: 12th May – 18th May 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … The Changing Face of Payments Report, 2014 In late 2013, we researched the views of how payments markets are responding to change. The results are intriguing, so here's the management summary.  If you would like  a free copy of the report, just download here. Digital Bank (revised)…

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The Finanser’s Week: 5th May – 11th May 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Money laundering, KYC and a PEP talk I have recently spent a lot of time talking about KYC (Know Your Client), AML (Anti Money Laundering, often confused with ALM which is Asset and Liability Management), Client Onboarding, PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) and SARs (Suspicious Activity Reports). …

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