Blog Index

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Data can be currency, just like salt We are living in times where I often talk about data being our new currency, and that data is more valuable than money or gold in the context of modern life. This may sound like a joke, but historically…

Our biggest stories of the week are … Do you know what this number means?  So I’m walking around New York and stumble across Broadway and 32nd where this billboard is over Penn Station’s subway entrance: Now I am confused on so many levels. First, who’s that woman covering up her breasts? Isn’t America the……

Our biggest stories of the week are … Do you know what this number means?  So I’m walking around New York and stumble across Broadway and 32nd where this billboard is over Penn Station’s subway entrance: Now I am confused on so many levels. First, who’s that woman covering up her breasts? Isn’t America the……

Our biggest stories of the week are … Banks need to radically shake up and wake up Frank Partnoy wrote a fascinating opinion piece in yesterday’s FT about the coming world of smaller banks. In the article, he compares HSBC with Google and asks why Google generates as much, if not more, value than the…

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Is this the end of the euro? For the past two years, we have performed a major survey around the euro and European payments. The survey for 2011 is ending on 9th August: click here to take survey and click here to see the last two years of results. The…

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Is this the end of the euro? For the past two years, we have performed a major survey around the euro and European payments. The survey for 2011 is ending on 9th August: click here to take survey and click here to see the last two years of results. The…

Our biggest stories of the week are … Delivering stellar service in banking I keep thinking about stellar service and what it could mean. Very rarely do you experience stellar service these days. With airlines, it’s a pain to fly. The airport experience is degrading and the flight itself is no longer exceptional,… Too Big…

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Is this the end of the euro? For the past two years, we have performed a major survey around the euro and European payments. The survey for 2011 is now live: click here to take survey and click here to see the last two years of results. Heard the Word…

  Our biggest stories of the week are … Is this the end of the euro? For the past two years, we have performed a major survey around the euro and European payments. The survey for 2011 is now live: click here to take survey and click here to see the last two years of results. Heard the Word…

  Our biggest stories of the week are … The Top 20 Banks of the World, 2011: China hits the Big Time I’ve enjoyed the Banker’s Top 1000 listings for a long time now and, when last year’s listings came out, looked back over the last twenty years to see how things had changed. This…