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What is ‘fintech’?
I had a fascinating discussion about fintech yesterday, and was intrigued with the briefing note for the meeting which said the following: “Fintech is the R&D function of financial services in the digital age….less to do with technology more to do with business model reinvention and customer centric design. Fintech can be categorised as: Traditional…
Four big bank tech trends for 2015
I’m wrapping up predictions for 2015 with a touch on technology in banking, as that’s my space. Although most people are talking about the internet of things and wearables as hot, hot, hot, they’re not. In fact, I was reflecting upon the fact that the biggest game of 2014 was Candy Crush. Before that was…
Four big bank tech trends for 2015
I’m wrapping up predictions for 2015 with a touch on technology in banking, as that’s my space. Although most people are talking about the internet of things and wearables as hot, hot, hot, they’re not. In fact, I was reflecting upon the fact that the biggest game of 2014 was Candy Crush. Before that was…
Apple Pay will be the mobile wallet of choice and here’s why
So Apple Pay finally launched in the USA on October 20 and there’s been mixed reviews. Some people couldn’t make payments, whilst some found they were double-charged. However, these are just teething issues and the overwhelming reports are positive. Even former Apple CEO and Financial Services Club keynote speaker John Sculley: I think Apple Pay…
Mobile, tablet, digital, wearable … what’s next?
Everyone’s getting excited about wearable banking. I’m often asked about it, and also see many examples appearing around such themes. The first was Banco Sabadell offering a Google Glass banking app a year ago. In response, one of Sabadell’s Spanish bank competitors, Caixa, has gone a step further and launched both Glass and Watch apps . …
The FSClub: Leading Fintech in Scotland (and twitter too!)
In the third Financial Services Club meeting last week (the other two took place in London and Warsaw), we had a conference in Edinburgh: Fintech2014, in partnership with Scot-Tech. Our checkin folks are real apparitions these days? The conference was ably chaired by Mark Stephen of BBC Scotland, and had myself speaking alongside Susanne Chishti, a…
Suits or jeans, canapés or pizzas? The fintech shuffle moves on …
I had a realisation over the past two weeks of conferences. Having attended Finovate, SIBOS, Innotribe, a Financial Services Club meeting on cryptocurrencies and several dinners with bankers, we are at an impasse. It’s the meeting of two tribes, and the tribes do not mix well. One tribe is full of suits, fine wines, Michelin-star…
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