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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.

Brett King

Brett King CEO & Founder at Moven

Why the Facebook of Banking won't own a charter

2014 was the biggest year in FinTech by far with billions being invested globally, which is to be expected in a global growth sector. But how much was invested globally in FinTech this year? It depends on how you classify FinTech. StrategyEye estimated that there was $2.8Bn raised in 2014 via venture capital investments in FinTech. However, this do...

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Abhishek Chatterjee

Abhishek Chatterjee Managing Partner at Gartner Inc.

Digital Vendor Simplification - Innovate to win Big

Today's customer expects a uniform and relevant customer experience across channels. Nowadays it is common for a customer to traverse through multiple channels to complete a transaction. For instance, a typical banking customer starts his/ her journey at the branch, moves on to the web to initiate a process, tracks the status on mobile, accesses c...

Hitesh Thakkar

Hitesh Thakkar Technology Evangelist (Financial Technology) at SME - Fintech startups (APAC and Africa)

Stop Loving your bank

Banking services in India has come long way from being BAM (Brick And Mortar) in 80s of ledger based paper transactions to electronic arcades of Core banking, IVR, cards, ATM, Net banking, Cheque and Cash acceptance and processing, Call center, BI...mobile banking, Social media..P2P.. and more from 2000 to 2014 and going towards Digital Banks. All...

Paul Love

Paul Love VP Business Development at Konsentus

Good Old Days of Chip and PIN Vs. The Wild West of FinTech

At the Connecting Payments conference on Wednesday we celebrated 10 years since the successful roll out of Chip & PIN in the UK. This was the largest coordinated shift in consumer payment behaviour since decimalisation, and the celebration was well deserved. The excellent presentations and panel discussions including those directly involved at ...

Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

Time for soul-searching - also in banks

Then the first question is WHY? Why? Because people do not buy what you say – but why you say it. Simon Sinek proves this beyond doubt in his book Start with Why. You can get a good taste of this already in his famous TED Video. - http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action - but, if you read one book about leadership - ...

Paul Love

Paul Love VP Business Development at Konsentus

Common sense prevails - but when?

As I said on Wednesday, innovation should be about solving real world needs rather than just inventing smart technology. Paying in cheques by photographing them is one of the those innovations that just work. The infrastructure is tried and tested – cheques, camera phones, digital imaging, etc., but even better is the fact that the consumer immedia...

Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

All countries should save tax payer's money with e-invoicing

Now Switzerland http://www.thepaypers.com//e-invoicing-scf-e-procurement/switzerland-to-roll-out-e-invoicing-in-the-administration-in-2016/757585-24 But Denmark - true Vikings - made e-invoicing mandatory already in 2006. Important to remember that huge cost savings are enabled in all sectors and that especially the SME-sector can easily move to au...

Paul Love

Paul Love VP Business Development at Konsentus

Inventor or Innovator ?

The guy who invented the first wheel was a great inventor - The guy who saw the need for the other three was an innovator. There is a lot of smart technology invented, but unless it finds the right application it remains just that – smart technology. It is only when smart technology is used to solve a real world need that true innovation happens. I...

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Retired Member 

How Barclays 'borrowed' my children's money

My children, four and six, are lucky to have a full set of grandpas and grannies, who spoil them with presents and some "monetary contributions". In fact, over the last few years the little ones squirreled away between them over three thousand pounds that was safely stashed in Barclays' special "Children's Savings Account". Or ...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

Time for better and new Ecosystems

I had the opportunity to speak at the spectacular SLUSH-event in Helsinki. The main focus there is always on how startups are changing the world and should get more funding to do it even faster. My presentation was about the need and opportunity for new Real time functioning Ecosystems - in the administrative and business process cutting SME-costs ...

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