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Of all the world’s banks, UK banks must be the most anti-social

I was asked to talk about the role of social media in banking this week, and was a little irritated by the question. Why? Because social media has a very strong role in some banks. Take any large American bank and they’re blogging, twittering, facebooking and more (Wells Fargo, Citi and Bank of America being good examples)….

Lloyds

The crowdsourced bank

I’ve been thinking about how to build a bank for a while, and have been partly inspired by the examples of (bank)simple and movenbank. Both new bank startups began with a call to interested commentators to give their two-penneth worth of input about how a bank should operate.  I never saw results of this input…

Firstdirectlab

MEFTEC Dubai, the Asian Banker and Innotribe Bangkok

For those who are interested, there are a few major conferences coming up this month. I'll be chairing MEFTEC in Dubai on April 25th and 26th; at the same time, the Asian Banker's Summit takes place in Bangkok from April 25th to 27th, and includes my friends from SWIFT, who are running Innotribe Bangkok on…

MEFTEC Dubai, the Asian Banker and Innotribe Bangkok

For those who are interested, there are a few major conferences coming up this month. I'll be chairing MEFTEC in Dubai on April 25th and 26th; at the same time, the Asian Banker's Summit takes place in Bangkok from April 25th to 27th, and includes my friends from SWIFT, who are running Innotribe Bangkok on…

Three Principles for a New Wall Street

The second presentation that attracted my attention at TEDx Wall Street last week was Don Tapscott’s. Don is the author of many books, although his best known work is probably coining the phrase Wikinomics (note, this is now Marcowikinomics). His thesis is all about how the internet is changing our world fundamentally, and that crowdsourcing is…

Tapscott

Three Principles for a New Wall Street

The second presentation that attracted my attention at TEDx Wall Street last week was Don Tapscott’s. Don is the author of many books, although his best known work is probably coining the phrase Wikinomics (note, this is now Marcowikinomics). His thesis is all about how the internet is changing our world fundamentally, and that crowdsourcing is…

Tapscott

The Obsessive Compulsive Jim Cramer

I attended the first ever TEDx Wall Street  last week, and a fine show it was. Speakers included: Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest.com David S. Rose, Founder of New York Angels and Associate Founder of Singularity University Don Tapscott, Bestselling Author and Strategist Doug Dachille, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment…

NYSE drinks

The Obsessive Compulsive Jim Cramer

I attended the first ever TEDx Wall Street  last week, and a fine show it was. Speakers included: Alexa von Tobel, Founder and CEO of LearnVest.com David S. Rose, Founder of New York Angels and Associate Founder of Singularity University Don Tapscott, Bestselling Author and Strategist Doug Dachille, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment…

NYSE drinks

Use your face and thumb to pay

No, it's not biometrics … it's a bit weird actually. Just received a link from Matt Cross to a video of a new service that launches this Sunday, and claims to use your face and thumbs-up as a payment approval: Looks like a bit of a joke, but it's not.   It's using NFC mobile…

Use your face and thumb to pay

No, it's not biometrics … it's a bit weird actually. Just received a link from Matt Cross to a video of a new service that launches this Sunday, and claims to use your face and thumbs-up as a payment approval: Looks like a bit of a joke, but it's not.   It's using NFC mobile…

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