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Welcome to 2015! Hello to a whole New Year and we trust you had a fantastic holiday break. Back with a bang, we will have lots of news, predictions, forecasts and ideas to share over the next few weeks but, to start the New Year, here are a few special pieces of news. First, we…

For Europe, it's been a quite a challenge dealing with the Ukrainian situation.  For a start, it's a country that has a large part of the population wanting to have closer integration with Europe, with dialogue about Ukraine integration into the EU for some time.  However, as can be seen from yesterday's discussion, the Ukraine…

For Europe, it's been a quite a challenge dealing with the Ukrainian situation.  For a start, it's a country that has a large part of the population wanting to have closer integration with Europe, with dialogue about Ukraine integration into the EU for some time.  However, as can be seen from yesterday's discussion, the Ukraine…

I have several Russian friends who have explained some of the background here.  We also should remember that many of our colleagues in Poland, Germany and other nations grew up in a Russian society, so this is no clear cut structure. For example, until the 1950s, Crimea was Russia's health resort and the majority of those…

I recently noticed that Wired held their 2014 conference with a speaker from the Ukraine. The speaker was Yulia Marushevska, a young lady from the Ukraine with no special attributes … apart from making a film about being Ukrainian during the November 2013 through February 2014 Maidan Square protests that went completely mad on the viral network….

I realised something about this new market of fintech the other day, where banks become financial systems integrators.  That realisation was that banks really should think about what they are doing, developing so much core capabilities internally.  Right now, coders are the new rock stars and banks develop pretty much everything themselves.  I can think…

I realised something about this new market of fintech the other day, where banks become financial systems integrators.  That realisation was that banks really should think about what they are doing, developing so much core capabilities internally.  Right now, coders are the new rock stars and banks develop pretty much everything themselves.  I can think…