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A discussion of trends in innovation management within financial institutions, and the key processes, technology and cultural shifts driving innovation.
This week we have witnessed the financial services industry head in droves to Amsterdam for the annual Sibos event. This year, I expect that there will be three key themes shaping the event: Regulatio...
As the the first day of Sibos draws to a close and it’s time for delegates and exhibitors to pack their bags and head off for the sights and sounds of Amsterdam. But, before my hard working colleagues...
So its pretty clear that the iPad is a wanted device, and to some extent is showing already where it fits into the working day, although this is against a backdrop of few enterprise applications curr
As preparation for my SIBOS Long Now Innotribe sessions next week I've been talking to lots of geeks, thought leaders, bloggers and innovators about what comes next. This is by no means an extensive
Altogether, it’s probably good news, one just wonder about the way HSBC is measuring the ROI of its Facebook campaign, which totally amounted 120,000 £, distributed among the 8 young awarded students
On Monday Apple announced their 2010 Q4 fiscal earnings via their regular open conference call and webcast. The results of their most recent quarter are impressive. Here’s the financials:
200 individuals were the first to receive credit cards issued by Diners Club in 1950, the brainchild of Frank McNamara. It was the start of a completely new era in personal credit and payments. Americ...
I spend a lot of time in coffee shops writing these days. I don't know why, perhaps many of you have experienced this, but I seem to have a very productive time writing when there is the smell of fr
Last week, Credit Suisse announced the publication of the Global Wealth Report 2010. It’s an inaugural study which aims to “provide the most comprehensive study of the world wealth”. In contrast with...
US tax authorities released Notice 2010-60 in August and there have been several events and seminars since then trying to make sense of it all. 2010-60 is a set of guidance on how the industry needs...
The international law enforcement operation known as Trident is starting to have ripple effects in the fraud underground. Like the Darknet operation in October 2008, it is certainly a milestone in th...
My first Temenos’ assignment was in Madrid. It was a very large implementation at a Spanish branch of a big Swiss Bank. Late in the evening, straight after work, most of our team used to have dinner ...