After picking holes in banking infrastructures, and the lack of integration the institutions have with today’s connected world, there is one part of the market that really gets technology. They do not just get technology, but they lead in it. Where? Investment markets. The investment markets are more than just connected with the world of…
After picking holes in banking infrastructures, and the lack of integration the institutions have with today’s connected world, there is one part of the market that really gets technology. They do not just get technology, but they lead in it. Where? Investment markets. The investment markets are more than just connected with the world of…
The Financial Services Club is pleased to announce to readers of the FinanSer the Third Annual Retail Banking International Leadership Summit (ILS) in Orlando, America, from November 17th to 21st 2008. This is an invitation-only gathering for senior managers from European and Asian retail financial institutions. The ILS comprises three main parts. First there is…
The Financial Services Club is pleased to announce to readers of the FinanSer the Third Annual Retail Banking International Leadership Summit (ILS) in Orlando, America, from November 17th to 21st 2008. This is an invitation-only gathering for senior managers from European and Asian retail financial institutions. The ILS comprises three main parts. First there is…
The Financial Services Club is pleased to announce to readers of the FinanSer the Third Annual Retail Banking International Leadership Summit (ILS) in Orlando, America, from November 17th to 21st 2008. This is an invitation-only gathering for senior managers from European and Asian retail financial institutions. The ILS comprises three main parts. First there is…
After being at the Association of Corporate Treasurers annual bash last week, sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland, I got home and found a note from NatWest, the UK subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland, saying that there had been changes to the charges on my business account. It didn’t explain why all the charges…
Since technology first appeared in the financial world, we have worked harder and harder to use automation to reduce costs and increase efficiency. We successfully made the back office a processing machine, whilst trying hard to create a front office where customers serve themselves. Well, we have succeeded. We have managed to get customers out…
Since technology first appeared in the financial world, we have worked harder and harder to use automation to reduce costs and increase efficiency. We successfully made the back office a processing machine, whilst trying hard to create a front office where customers serve themselves. Well, we have succeeded. We have managed to get customers out…
A recent quote was on a UK poster. The quote was from Jeremy Clarkson, the biggest bloke (translates into yob, lout, brute) in Britain, and it said: “money and rumpy-pumpy are the twin engines powering everything we do”. … in other words, money and sex make the world go around. Now, there is some truth…
