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Watch your back door first, rather than the horizons

For a long time, we have considered that there will be massive change in banking; that new entrants like Google, Amazon and Facebook will eat the banker’s lunch; and that banks are weak and easy to attack. This is completely wrong thinking however. Banks are not weak and easy to attack. They are, instead, protected…

Why can’t banks behave more like IT companies?

I had a really interesting discussion with a bank about the component based model that I’ve been expounding for some years. In brief, the core of this model suggests that every piece of banking is being attacked by specialist digital firms and that banks will become assemblers of these specialist pieces, rather than providers of…

My head is in the clouds

Like a few other speakers and writers I get around a little and, this week, I had the opportunity to keynote at Dreamforce in San Francisco.  Now, many of you may not have heard of or experienced Dreamforce, so I’m quickly going to share the experience with you now. Why is Salesforce’s conference so good?…

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My head is in the clouds

Like a few other speakers and writers I get around a little and, this week, I had the opportunity to keynote at Dreamforce in San Francisco.  Now, many of you may not have heard of or experienced Dreamforce, so I’m quickly going to share the experience with you now. Why is Salesforce’s conference so good?…

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Banks are slumbering (please wake up)

Social media?  Give it to marketing I just attended the EFMA Marketing Summit in Barcelona, and used my usual slide that talks about social: “you need to be social, because that’s where the customer is”.  I have said that a lot for the past 18 months or so, and the point I make is that…

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Banks are slumbering (please wake up)

Social media?  Give it to marketing I just attended the EFMA Marketing Summit in Barcelona, and used my usual slide that talks about social: “you need to be social, because that’s where the customer is”.  I have said that a lot for the past 18 months or so, and the point I make is that…

Relationship

Wifi in the Jungle? How the Internet Reaches the World’s Most Remote Regions

In a special guest post from Luis Alvarez, CEO of BT Global Services (originally published in the Huffington Post) we explore the radical change that WiFi and mobile services have introduced to the world or, in this case, the Amazon. Brazilians call them the Lucky Trucks or Caminhões da Sorte. They roll into town every week and…

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Wifi in the Jungle? How the Internet Reaches the World’s Most Remote Regions

In a special guest post from Luis Alvarez, CEO of BT Global Services (originally published in the Huffington Post) we explore the radical change that WiFi and mobile services have introduced to the world or, in this case, the Amazon. Brazilians call them the Lucky Trucks or Caminhões da Sorte. They roll into town every week and…

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