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The Mobile Financial Future

There are loads of discussions about mobile financial services right now, not least at the Financial Services Club. For example, I recently received this presentation from Len Pienaar, CEO for First National Bank’s (FNB) mobile solutions in South Africa: Add this to the many other mobile financial stories and case studies reported already: ABSA (Mobile…

RBS mobile

The Mobile Financial Future

There are loads of discussions about mobile financial services right now, not least at the Financial Services Club. For example, I recently received this presentation from Len Pienaar, CEO for First National Bank’s (FNB) mobile solutions in South Africa: Add this to the many other mobile financial stories and case studies reported already: ABSA (Mobile…

RBS mobile

Lloyds shareholders revolting? Yes they are!

I haven’t blogged about bank results for a while, but was asked by a few media folks today about Lloyds Banking Group, who have their major stand-off shareholders meeting tomorrow. This is going to be quite a major shindig as there all sorts of machinations going on: the Chairman is leaving; the CEO is under…

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A Directory of Social Finance

A few people have said to me that they find it hard to navigate around all the ideas on social finance I've written recently, so here's a non-exhaustive compendium: Social Finance Social Finance In Banking View more documents from Chris Skinner Banks ignore social media at their perilSocial networks don't need banks, they need friendsSocial…

A Directory of Social Finance

A few people have said to me that they find it hard to navigate around all the ideas on social finance I've written recently, so here's a non-exhaustive compendium: Social Finance Social Finance In Banking View more documents from Chris Skinner Banks ignore social media at their perilSocial networks don't need banks, they need friendsSocial…

Barclaycard show some creativity

I've been waiting so long to find something in UK banking to blog about in a Web 2.0 world that I thought it would never come … Compare the Meerkat is about it so far. But I'll put the Barclaycard Waterslide Competition on YouTube up there as well now. The competition is based upon their…

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Barclaycard show some creativity

I've been waiting so long to find something in UK banking to blog about in a Web 2.0 world that I thought it would never come … Compare the Meerkat is about it so far. But I'll put the Barclaycard Waterslide Competition on YouTube up there as well now. The competition is based upon their…

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Barclaycard show some creativity

I've been waiting so long to find something in UK banking to blog about in a Web 2.0 world that I thought it would never come … Compare the Meerkat is about it so far. But I'll put the Barclaycard Waterslide Competition on YouTube up there as well now. The competition is based upon their…

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Africa’s mobile financial revolution

I know that the theme of mobile banking is appearing a lot at the moment, but it is hot, hot, hot! A bit like Africa, and this is the story of a great success in Africa. And no, it’s not M-PESA, although that one’s a goodie too. This one’s ABSA Bank in South Africa. ABSA…

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Creating a bank that rocks

Late last year, I blogged about Vernon Hill's Commerce Bank, Arkadi Kuhlman's ING Direct and creating a bank that rocks. Well I know a bank that rocks. Jyske Bank. Who? Jyske Bank in Denmark. They are the third largest Danish bank with 120 branches and 4,000 employees. Jyske are an important banking story because they…

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