We talk about Big Data and information leverage a lot. Banks are underutilising the data they have about customers and should be far more holistic in approach. It’s a theme on the blog regularly, and is challenged by various issues: the appetite of the bank to invest in data leverage; the silo-structure of the bank…
It's a leap year, so I thought I'd celebrate by releasing some new books through my brilliant publishers, Searching Finance. There are two new books released today: Are Bankers Good or Bad for Society? and The City of London: How it Developed into the World's Leading Financial Centre Plus there's an update to a book…
A lengthy discussion yesterday about retail distribution channels for banks. The debate began with whether a traditional bank could succeed in launching new channels against clean sheet start-ups. The answer, imho, is no. First, a different audience is attracted to the new channel. Second, a traditional bank brand is not needed for the new channel….
Various cartoons and images amused me last week. First was Brookes cartoon in the Times about Greek debt: And, in the same newspaper, the uneasy ride that Angela Merkel is taking with Nicholas Sarkozy as they try to steer through this disaster and his upcoming elections: Then I found this gate on my journeys: And…
Various cartoons and images amused me last week. First was Brookes cartoon in the Times about Greek debt: And, in the same newspaper, the uneasy ride that Angela Merkel is taking with Nicholas Sarkozy as they try to steer through this disaster and his upcoming elections: Then I found this gate on my journeys: And…
News came out yesterday that Michel Barnier has created a high-level expert group to tackle reforms to the structure of the EU banking sector. Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland, is going to be the Chairman of the Group, and Carole Sergeant, chair of the HM Treasury steering group in the UK, is tasked…
News came out yesterday that Michel Barnier has created a high-level expert group to tackle reforms to the structure of the EU banking sector. Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland, is going to be the Chairman of the Group, and Carole Sergeant, chair of the HM Treasury steering group in the UK, is tasked…
A short blog today, but a challenging one. I was talking about Movenbank with a colleague and mentioned that it was going to be the world’s first paperless, cardless bank. They looked at me quizzically. Paperless? Cardless? What do you mean? I said “no cash, no card, just mobile contactless”. They thought I was off…
