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Innovation in Financial Services

A discussion of trends in innovation management within financial institutions, and the key processes, technology and cultural shifts driving innovation.

Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Monday at 12.15 at SIBOS in Hong Kong

Extended payments - everything is the same presentation at Open Theatre Synopsis: 1. Up the value chain - new value = new revenues for banking sector 2. Four economics 3. Three neutralities 4. Twosided networks 5. One generic messaging platform 6. It is all the same - infinite opportunities

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The Perfect Storm

Never, in thirteen years in this industry, would I have predicted that a US President would talk about withholding tax and use the term “QI” (qualified intermediary) in a public forum, let alone formally target foreign banks and inward investors, as well his own residents with dramatic changes to tax policy that could create a “perfect storm” for

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Not unexpected in China

China has shown what can be done when you are determined in many fields - from infra to business to high tech. In EU we need much more levers to get the obvious things happening. Cash is costing merchants some 50 €billion per year - and of course every cent of this is paid by the consumer. Transparent pricing would show it to him -and help him to m...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Rocket stage reached..

Typical e-invoicing transaction trend in Finland: http://boharald.blogspot.com/2009/09/e-invoicing-transactions-taking-off.html The shape of this curve reminds me of the development of e-banking transactions back in the 80s - first you sign up the customers - then you have to wait, and then wait, and wait - and then it takes off like a rocket - vir...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Public-private partnership II - just words?

Another area where public-private partnership at some point may have had challenges is e-invoicing. Some have seen a danger that the PEPPOL-pilot for public sector procurement in EU will lead to the public sector only accepting e-invoices in the UBL-format - at the same time as UNCEFACT/TBG1 is finalizing the user guidelines for Cross Industry Inv...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Public-private partnerships I - just words?

We are seeing a growing realization that there is no public sector - or private sector for that part - from a citizens point of view - only services produced somewhere (even if they are subject to policy making and regulation from the public sector - really important task that should not be disturbed by service production). The all-important thin...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

AaaS - what could it be in banking?

AaaS - Advertising as a Service is not a service like Saas (Software as a Service) - it is a mindset whose time has come. Consumers are increasingly aware of the fact that they in fact pay the cost of advertising themselves - and that is one more reason why anything intruding, tasteless, meaningless or expensive may turn them against the message....

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Uri Rivner

Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence

When Gods Jabber

As befitting its name, Zeus – King of Gods - is the most powerful Trojan kit on earth. Some Trojans you cannot buy – take Sinowal, for instance; it’s a commercial grade infrastructure featuring a state of the art Trojan. It’s operated by an organized crime group that invests back in the business. You won’t find Sinowal as a kit for sale. But w

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Retired Member 

Half-Full or Half-Empty: IT Psychology

Depending on your outlook on life you're either looking at things and saying "Oh no...our world is changing again. Or for the optimists; "oh yeah...our world is changing again. Or for the realists; "oh...our world is changing again." Perhaps the changes are not as dramatic as the world envisioned in District 9 but they are ch...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Socio-technical landscape

We should be today promoting common-sensical solutions for sense-making business. Are we? Maybe not… at least not often enough. The socio-technical landscape has changed so fast and we are still prisoners of quarterly capitalism (trying to create value for shareholders now staying for an average of 10 months), corporate governance models from the

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