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ING – Doing Some Thing(s) Very Well

Probably it’s just a coincidence that ING has two longish stories in the 4 January FT – one an innovative management framework from Bain that helps the bank keep its international operations in synch and another on how the bank is quietly extending its global reach, – an interview with Dick Harryvan, the board member…

A Brilliant New Concept for Banks — Think About Customers

Way back in mid-December Chris Skinner did a review of retail banking. Here’s an idea he may have overlooked — think about how customers actually use your bank, and for American banks, offer some support for people who work internationally. My personal example, if you will be so kind as to overlook special pleading…    …

A Brilliant New Concept for Banks — Think About Customers

Way back in mid-December Chris Skinner did a review of retail banking. Here’s an idea he may have overlooked — think about how customers actually use your bank, and for American banks, offer some support for people who work internationally. My personal example, if you will be so kind as to overlook special pleading…    …

A Brilliant New Concept for Banks — Think About Customers

Way back in mid-December Chris Skinner did a review of retail banking. Here’s an idea he may have overlooked — think about how customers actually use your bank, and for American banks, offer some support for people who work internationally. My personal example, if you will be so kind as to overlook special pleading…    …

Mint Takes on Microsoft Money and Intuit’s Quicken

Plus it’s free, and Web-based. Mint allows users to automatically track and analyze their financial transactions, set budgets, and even send balance updates in text messages to cell phones. From the Forbes interview with its 26-year old founder, Aaron Patzer: “The average user, when they log in, can find $1,000 worth of savings within five…

Microsoft in 2008 — The Predictions

            Despite Chris Skinner’s prediction, in an intelligently provocative recent piece, that 2007 was the year that Microsoft committed suicide, even he didn’t say the process would be quick – he predicted the company’s first lost to appear in 2012.             Meanwhile Microsoft continues to play a big role…

FT Business Book of Next Year?

I know we aren’t quite to 2008, but I wanted to get a jump on the FT’s nominating committee with "Options, the secret life of Steve Jobs." Written by Fake Steve Jobs, who produces the wonderful Fake Steve blog and by day uses the name of Daniel Lyons and is allegedly a senior editor at…

FT Business Book of Next Year?

I know we aren’t quite to 2008, but I wanted to get a jump on the FT’s nominating committee with "Options, the secret life of Steve Jobs." Written by Fake Steve Jobs, who produces the wonderful Fake Steve blog and by day uses the name of Daniel Lyons and is allegedly a senior editor at…

FT Business Book of Next Year?

I know we aren’t quite to 2008, but I wanted to get a jump on the FT’s nominating committee with "Options, the secret life of Steve Jobs." Written by Fake Steve Jobs, who produces the wonderful Fake Steve blog and by day uses the name of Daniel Lyons and is allegedly a senior editor at…

FT Business Book of Next Year?

I know we aren’t quite to 2008, but I wanted to get a jump on the FT’s nominating committee with "Options, the secret life of Steve Jobs." Written by Fake Steve Jobs, who produces the wonderful Fake Steve blog and by day uses the name of Daniel Lyons and is allegedly a senior editor at…