A glimpse into the future, part five: space
Well, finally we get to the part of this series I’ve been looking forward to writing about the most: space. No longer the final frontier as we’re conquering space fast. From landing explorers on Mars to capturing amazing images of Pluto, we have begun our journey to boldly go where no one has gone before. …

A glimpse into the future, part four: the internet of everything
I’ve talked often and in depth about the internet of things and how this affects banking. In the near future, when each of us has five, six, eight, ten things on the internet, we will be seeing a world where trillions of transactions take place amongst billions of things in real-time, not-stop and in very small…

A glimpse of the future, part two – 70 is the new 30
As mentioned yesterday, there’s a big question about what all of this means for financial service. You may not have asked those questions but if life sciences allows people to live for 150 years or more; if babies can be born without defects; if you can design yourself to be whatever you want to be;…

If the internet giants are the competition, are banks ready to compete?
Mid-way through #money2020 and in my fourth back-to-back chat about Fintech and leadership and core systems renewal and machine learning and and and … I am suddenly taken back to my roots. My roots are firmly in data. I guess that’s because I started in technology looking at office automation and workflow, process re-engineering and…

Four banking business models for the digital age
I spotted a lengthy, but very insightful post, on LinkedIn the other day by Ben Robinson, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer for Temenos. I don’t usually highlight such pieces, but felt this worth replicating here, and Ben kindly agreed. Enjoy … Four banking business models for the digital age Digitization of the banking industry is…

Where is the bank’s digital vision?
It’s intriguing to find more and more banks creating digital heads. I meet them regularly, I’m the digital head of retail banking; I’m the digital head of retail business banking; I’m the digital head of the investment bank; I’m the digital head of our transaction banking business; I’m the digital head of our commercial bank;…

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