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SWIFT innovations: a ‘trust score’ (update)

So, the innotribe session has just come to a close.  I'll post more about the ideas proposed for SWIFT to invest in later, but here's our team's idea. First, what is innotribe? It's a stream at SIBOS focused upon finding innovations in finance for the future comprising SWIFT and banks, corporates and anyone else who's…

SWIFT innovations: a ‘trust score’ (update)

So, the innotribe session has just come to a close.  I'll post more about the ideas proposed for SWIFT to invest in later, but here's our team's idea. First, what is innotribe? It's a stream at SIBOS focused upon finding innovations in finance for the future comprising SWIFT and banks, corporates and anyone else who's…

Innovation, the future and horses

After that panel session it’s literally been rush, rush, rush. Rushed off to join a panel that I was presenting, chaired by Matteo Rizzi of SWIFT. The panel consisted of a role play discussing the six themes I’ve blogged about in the build up to SIBOS with Mary Knox of Gartner and Richard Jaggard of…

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Innovation, the future and horses

After that panel session it’s literally been rush, rush, rush. Rushed off to join a panel that I was presenting, chaired by Matteo Rizzi of SWIFT. The panel consisted of a role play discussing the six themes I’ve blogged about in the build up to SIBOS with Mary Knox of Gartner and Richard Jaggard of…

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What does the future bank look like?

This is the last of a series of blogs about social finance that has covered new entrants to banking, their barriers to entry, how they might disrupt banks, social technologies and more. If you missed the earlier entries, here they are: Why banks struggle to innovate The relevance of social media to banks Why banks…

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What does the future bank look like?

This is the last of a series of blogs about social finance that has covered new entrants to banking, their barriers to entry, how they might disrupt banks, social technologies and more. If you missed the earlier entries, here they are: Why banks struggle to innovate The relevance of social media to banks Why banks…

Cisco

PayPal’s vision for the future of payments

Just got sent a link to PayPal's vision for the future of payments, used when they launched their flexible API in July: Very nice too. The Finanser is sponsored by Vocalink and Cisco:  For details of sponsorship email us.

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PayPal’s vision for the future of payments

Just got sent a link to PayPal's vision for the future of payments, used when they launched their flexible API in July: Very nice too. The Finanser is sponsored by Vocalink and Cisco:  For details of sponsorship email us.

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Your next employee

Just read this wonderful list from Beloit College of how their student class of 2009 will think.  Here's my edited version.  Born in 1991: Freddie Mercury has always been dead. Mike Tyson has always been a criminal. The Green Giant has always been Shrek. They have never used a card catalogue to find a book….

Cisco

Why banks have no competition

Over the past few weeks, I've been posting a blog each week about social networking themes in the build up to the big bank tradeshow, SIBOS. First, I argued that banks don't innovate, and then I put forward the reasons why social networks are relevant to banks. Nevertheless, although I regularly blog about social networks…

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