Technology

I’ve written a few bits about Bitcoin but it still confuses folks, as was clear from the debate we had about it at the Financial Services Club the other night. Donald Norman, co-founder of the Bitcoin Consultancy, presented the latest state of play in the currency … … and it led to one of the liveliest…

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 Poland. The research revealed that…

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 Poland. The research revealed that…

For most of my life, I’ve been aligned to the financial services industry as a supplier of technology. Throughout this time, my role has been as a solutions person, providing technologies that solve financial processing problems. And, throughout this time, I’ve dealt with technology companies that struggle with moving from being horizontal to vertical, from…

For most of my life, I’ve been aligned to the financial services industry as a supplier of technology. Throughout this time, my role has been as a solutions person, providing technologies that solve financial processing problems. And, throughout this time, I’ve dealt with technology companies that struggle with moving from being horizontal to vertical, from…

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 these things come out as,…

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 core communications tool PFM, combined…

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 core communications tool PFM, combined…

I discovered a fascinating report from Mobey Forum this morning. It was released this week, and says that “providing consumers with the convenience and functionality of mobile wallet technology will not be sufficient to drive mass-market adoption”. Mobey Forum – which describes itself as “the global bank-led industry association defining a prosperous mobile financial services…