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

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Banks told to watch out for small competitors I was going to write a long blog about SWIFT today, but it makes more sense to post tomorrow after seeing a report by journalist Richard Meadows, who summarised my latest presentation well. Will Bitcoin replace SWIFT? Apparently,…

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The Finanser’s Week: 3rd November – 9th November 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Retailer banking: it's just not the same We talk a lot about challenger banks.  These are the new banks that will create competition against the incumbents.  The names thrown around include Metro Bank, Virgin Money, Tesco Bank, Aldemore, Shawnbrook and more.  Although none of these have gained…

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The Finanser’s Week: 27th October – 2nd November 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Ryanair Bank or Private Bank? Your choice! I’ve talked for some time about component based banking but what about component based pricing?  Bank pricing is the most opaque part of the industry, and the part that irritates customers the most.  Customers get charged high fees for unauthorised overdrafts…

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The Finanser’s Week: 27th October – 2nd November 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Ryanair Bank or Private Bank? Your choice! I’ve talked for some time about component based banking but what about component based pricing?  Bank pricing is the most opaque part of the industry, and the part that irritates customers the most.  Customers get charged high fees for unauthorised overdrafts…

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The Finanser’s Week: 20th October – 26th October 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Watch your back door first, rather than the horizons For a long time, we have considered that there will be massive change in banking; that new entrants like Google, Amazon and Facebook will eat the banker’s lunch; and that banks are weak and easy to attack. …

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The Finanser’s Week: 20th October – 26th October 2014

Our biggest stories of the past week are … Watch your back door first, rather than the horizons For a long time, we have considered that there will be massive change in banking; that new entrants like Google, Amazon and Facebook will eat the banker’s lunch; and that banks are weak and easy to attack. …

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The Finanser’s Week: 13th October – 19th October 2014

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…

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The Finanser’s Week: 13th October – 19th October 2014

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…

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The Finanser’s Week: 6th October – 12th October 2014

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…

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The Finanser’s Week at #SIBOS: 29th September – 5th October 2014

Here are the blog entries in sequence from the start to the end of the week at #SIBOS #innotribe … Before the madness begins [#SIBOS #SIBOS2014 #Innotribe] So here we all are, descending on Boston's seaport area for SIBOS 2014.  It seems strange to arrive here and be greeted by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse*…

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