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Your next employee (Part Two)

Back in August, I blogged about the new generation of employee. This week, I joined a presentation with JP Rangaswami to talk about the impact of technology on our lives, and the subject of Gen Y and the new generation of staff came up again. For those of you who don’t know JP, he describes…

The wonders of Google

I love Google's predictive texting, which often finishes my search idea before I get to the end of typing.  It's also quite informative about what's on people's minds. For example, as you start typing: "why do bank", you get a list of the most popular things people are asking about banks:   Why do banks…

Why do banks

Bank of America’s mobile numbers are shocking

I was just writing a paragraph about mobile for a client's report, when I realised what I had written: This year has seen dramatic innovations in mobile usage, such as those of the Bank of America in the USA. According to Doug Brown, SVP at Bank of America responsible for their mobile banking channel, they…

Real-time spells the end of the treasurer

I’ve had a couple of good debates in the last week or so about the value of real-time everything. Everything is instant, immediate, no waiting, it’s real-time. We expect instant gratification in everything we do and, any waiting, it’s click and delete. Case in point: the PC gets stuck. How long do you wait before…

Real-time spells the end of the treasurer

I’ve had a couple of good debates in the last week or so about the value of real-time everything. Everything is instant, immediate, no waiting, it’s real-time. We expect instant gratification in everything we do and, any waiting, it’s click and delete. Case in point: the PC gets stuck. How long do you wait before…

Mobile Payments: the battleground of the future

Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, CEO of mobile payments and financial solutions firm Luup, presented at the FSClub the other day. He spun an interesting story, particularly around the tripartite models emerging of mobile financial services, where they are either bank-led, carrier-led or a bank-carrier partnership. The latter is probably harder than the other models, as it…

Part Three – Real-time risks and opportunities

In the final part of this discussion of risks and opportunities in CEE, I was asked to give a view (see if you can spot me).   So here’s my brief summary: What are the risks for the next year or two? First, we are still in the middle of what I call the internet,…

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Alternatives to Facebook …

Following the news yesterday about Facebook now reaching 350 million users, I love this chart from the Focus business news service of social network sizes and the years they began (doubleclick to see larger version) …

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(Stagecoach) Islands in the Stream

I've blogged a lot about Wells Fargo's innovations in the past. This is because they are one of the banks in the stream of innovation that comes out of Silicon Valley.  This is why they are great proponents of social media: Blogging: FIVE corporate blogs. Online video:  YouTube channel. Social networks:  MySpace profile for Cassie,…

Stagecoach Island

(Stagecoach) Islands in the Stream

I've blogged a lot about Wells Fargo's innovations in the past. This is because they are one of the banks in the stream of innovation that comes out of Silicon Valley.  This is why they are great proponents of social media: Blogging: FIVE corporate blogs. Online video:  YouTube channel. Social networks:  MySpace profile for Cassie,…

Stagecoach Island

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