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Our biggest stories of the past week are … Good news for all banks … except Britain’s I mentioned that I’d just attended the branding in banking conference this week. It was organised by the Banker Magazine, and is in its seventh year of operation. The headlines this year are: The UK is the only…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Banks only survive because of regulations We recently celebrated the two hundredth birthday of Charles Darwin. Darwin, the man who broke through the prejudiced views of the religious world of the Victorian era by being brave enough to say we were descended from apes and not……

Our biggest stories of the past week are … This week, the Finanser put together a three-part series about the world of change we live in. Part One: Stop talking about mobile, it's not important My latest presentation is apparently a polemic. That’s what my colleague said yesterday, when I said that my new presentation…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Innovation has nothing to do with technology Just been talking about innovation with a bunch of folks and found myself getting more and more wound up about the way people bandy the word around without knowing its meaning. It’s not that I’m some pedant or radical…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Innovation has nothing to do with technology Just been talking about innovation with a bunch of folks and found myself getting more and more wound up about the way people bandy the word around without knowing its meaning. It’s not that I’m some pedant or radical…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … 2013 Big Bank Resolutions Trust y’all had a super break and then suddenly here we are in 2013.  So, in the spirit of 2013, here are the New Year’s Resolutions of five big bank CEO’s: Ten wild predictions for 2013 Next week, I’ll get back to…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … 2013 Big Bank Resolutions Trust y’all had a super break and then suddenly here we are in 2013.  So, in the spirit of 2013, here are the New Year’s Resolutions of five big bank CEO’s: Ten wild predictions for 2013 Next week, I’ll get back to…

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Season’s Greetings 2012 It's holiday time! The Finanser is now off on holidays until January 3rd, and wishes all of our readers the very best for the holiday season. Thinking about 2013, here's our message for the New Year … Were Skinner's 2012 predictions right? At…

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  Risk is a many splendored thing I was asked to give a pre-dinner speech by SAS for a group of Chief Risk Officers (CRO’s) in Amsterdam recently. Here’s the speech. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I wasn’t sure how to start this evening, and decided to……

Our biggest stories of the past week are …  Why transparency is NOT the solution We had a good debate this week about the future for multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) amongst the card companies. The argument made for change by regulators appears to boil down to that the card operators and issuers are ripping off……