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Alex Kreger Founder and CEO at UXDA Financial UX Design
This year, Apple celebrates ten years since the iPhone launch. We can all agree that it changed the world in which we live. But, ten years ago, just a few months after the presentation of the iPhone, Forbes appeared with the title on the cover: "Nokia. One billion customers - can anyone catch the cell phone king?" Nobody was expecting wh...
05 October 2017 /retail /markets
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New customer channels are changing the face of traditional banks and disrupting existing banking models. Rising mobile penetration has transformed the way consumers bank. Previously, routine tasks like getting a new checkbook, transferring money, viewing account balances, etc., required multiple visits to physical bank branches. Today, all of this...
29 September 2017 /payments
When you hear the word ‘tech’, it is unlikely your first thought would be ‘insurance.’ Yet over the last 12 months, the insurance industry has adopted the term ‘insurtech’ with gusto, bringing with it a new sense of potential, and perhaps even more importantly, an upsurge in funding. Investment in insurtech companies has sky-rocketed, with £218 m...
28 September 2017
Balazs Fejes President Europe and APAC at EPAM Systems
Something that was once considered science fiction is becoming a reality and, in turn, a monumental technology disruption. It’s no surprise that as the amount of data processed, analyzed and stored increases, so too will the need for more advanced computing. At their core, quantum computers are exceptional at solving many of the complex challenges ...
07 September 2017 /security
Tayo Abinusawa Director at WeAccelerate Ltd
Many of the largest financial institutions (banks, wealth and asset managers, insurance firms) in the world are currently investing a lot of money into their onboarding processes. Apart from wanting to avoid compliance issues due to new regulatory requirements (i.e. eIDAS, PSD2, GDPR) or meeting their fiduciary responsibilities, they also see the ...
24 August 2017
This is Part 1 of our series of articles in “Digital Client Onboarding for Financial Services: Move Fast, Ask Less”. So, what does User eXperience (UX) have to do with compliance? Well, when we break it down, your new client will more than likely have their first interaction with you while researching your company or the service(s) it provides via...
23 August 2017 /regulation
Stacey Small Business Development at The Glue
2018 is set to be a very interesting year - particularly if your role has anything to do with payments or data. The go live date for PSD2 is Saturday 13th January and GDPR a short five months later, on Friday 25th May. Both these high profile initiatives are being driven by the European Commission and the combined implications in terms of what nee...
20 August 2017 /payments
I can vividly recall, 20 years ago when I walked into my local bank branch to apply for a line of credit to purchase a car. The bank arranged a personal meeting with the manager of the branch – a unique customer service experience that I haven’t forgotten. This face-to-face interaction may only have been a simple gesture by today’s standards but
11 August 2017 /retail
Freddie McMahon Director Strategy and Innovation at DF2020 Ltd
The Chatbot Market is being led by the six tech titans: Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, TenCent, Google and Apple. Some key trend highlights Transparency Market Research estimates that the global chatbot market will grow at 27.8% CAGR, in terms of revenue, over the period between 2016 and 2024. They expect the market to increase from a valuation
11 August 2017 /ai
David Donovan Executive Vice President at Publicis.Sapient
Looks like a number of movies these days are predicting the doom of the human race and the rise of the machines. Will machines take over the planet? Probably not. Will machines become your new colleagues at work? Maybe. Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) become a core part of your IT systems and digital fabric? Absolutely. During I/O 2017, the rece...
08 August 2017 /ai
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