It’s Davos time, as usual. In the last week of January, the great and the good of the world’s leadership from governments, business, academia and media all gather in Switzerland to debate the future of the world’s economies and the World Economic Forum, #WEF. In the build-up to this year’s …
Read More »How to create a banking strategy
Following on from my discussions of solutions versus product people and vertical alignment versus horizontal, the question came up as to how to think strategically. How can you really get inside the customer’s head? What keeps the CEO awake at night (literally in the case of Lloyds Banking Group)? And all …
Read More »How to create a banking strategy
Following on from my discussions of solutions versus product people and vertical alignment versus horizontal, the question came up as to how to think strategically. How can you really get inside the customer’s head? What keeps the CEO awake at night (literally in the case of Lloyds Banking Group)? And all …
Read More »How will the world look post-crisis?
I’ve been debating some future presentations with various folks today, and a little ray of light went off in my head. The light was triggered by a comment: “can you talk about what impact regulatory change may have on bank to corporate relationships using examples historically?” The question was really …
Read More »How will the world look post-crisis?
I’ve been debating some future presentations with various folks today, and a little ray of light went off in my head. The light was triggered by a comment: “can you talk about what impact regulatory change may have on bank to corporate relationships using examples historically?” The question was really …
Read More »Consumers will pay for better online banking
PwC conducted research with almost 3,000 banking customers from a range of segments across markets to discover their expectations of banking in the digital age. They selected both emerging and developing markets including China, India, Mexico and the UAE, as well as developed markets like the UK, Canada, France and …
Read More »Consumers will pay for better online banking
PwC conducted research with almost 3,000 banking customers from a range of segments across markets to discover their expectations of banking in the digital age. They selected both emerging and developing markets including China, India, Mexico and the UAE, as well as developed markets like the UK, Canada, France and …
Read More »Visions of the future … 1960s stylee
Last year, I stumbled across predictions from a century ago, and responded by making some predictions for a century ahead. Strangely enough, there was also a moment to look back over the last fifty years of technology developments around that time too. So it must be whilst sitting around on holidays that …
Read More »Save the City
There’s an interesting economist out this week with a front page saying: “Save the City”, which seems to be getting everyone a little bit worked up. Why? Because it’s in defence of the City. The story talks about the history of the City, and how its future may be jeopardised …
Read More »Save the City
There’s an interesting economist out this week with a front page saying: “Save the City”, which seems to be getting everyone a little bit worked up. Why? Because it’s in defence of the City. The story talks about the history of the City, and how its future may be jeopardised …
Read More »2012: a bank technology outlook
What’s hot in tech in 2012 is a continuation of what’s hot in tech in 2011: cloud, smartphones, tablet PCs, contactless mobile and more. Rather than just repeating all that again, let’s be more specific: Contactless mobile will reach a tipping point in retail payments Social media will become a …
Read More »2012: a bank technology outlook
What’s hot in tech in 2012 is a continuation of what’s hot in tech in 2011: cloud, smartphones, tablet PCs, contactless mobile and more. Rather than just repeating all that again, let’s be more specific: Contactless mobile will reach a tipping point in retail payments Social media will become a …
Read More »2012: a banking outlook
Yesterday, we talked about the economic outlook for 2012. What about the banking outlook? Well it’s also challenging, with five clear things happening: Regulatory change will still be high on the agenda Investment banking will get a radical overhaul Clearing and settlement will become a much bigger focus Reconstructing distribution …
Read More »2012: a banking outlook
Yesterday, we talked about the economic outlook for 2012. What about the banking outlook? Well it’s also challenging, with five clear things happening: Regulatory change will still be high on the agenda Investment banking will get a radical overhaul Clearing and settlement will become a much bigger focus Reconstructing distribution …
Read More »2012: an economic outlook
2012 is here and we all hope it’s better than 2011. Sure, some of you may have had a very good last year, but most thought it pretty dire with job losses, austerity measures, civil uprisings, protests, a second financial crisis in the Eurozone and more being the name of …
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