338 Results from /people
Antonio Ferre IT Manager at Plastic Forte
Recently, the European Parliament has included the Functional Size concept (base for IT strategic information such as Productivy, Quality or PDR, in spite of low level development methods, tools, trends, ...) as Transversal Engineering Framework in the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedo
25 June 2020 /people /markets IT Metrics
Paul Shumsky Technology Advisor at Entrepreneur
Banks used to win customers over by offering competitive interest rates, great services, and accessibility by having many locations. Now, interest rates are even across the board, services are only click away, and your bank is in your pocket. The world has changed and how FinTech companies win customers’ hearts has as well. Banks and FinTech compa...
24 June 2020 /people /retail Digital Banking Trends
Mattia Bruzzi EMEA Banking Sales Director at Earnix
I know the title of this article may sound funny or even pretentious but believe me, this is how I felt when I was recently contacted - twice - by my bank for an offer to show me how they (think, Ed.) care about me. I won’t reveal the name of the bank because I strive to be a fair gentleman so I will just say that it is a Large European bank which ...
10 June 2020 /people /retail Financial Product personalization
Steve Morgan Banking Industry Market Lead at Pegasystems
The response of the UK government, like many others, has been opening up government backed loan support for businesses. As of the first week of June, over £31bn has been borrowed, although the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) has an approval rate of only around 50%. The government’s alternative scheme prepared for smaller bu...
08 June 2020 /people /covid-19 Operational Risk Management
In my previous post I shared my thoughts and concerns about the banking industry real will to support customers when they actually need it. It is a fact that we – the customers - now more than ever, need our banks to overcome this though moment and, even more, will need the financial system support to boost the economy jump start when the COVID19 e...
03 June 2020 /people /retail Financial Product personalization
Retired Member
Sometimes an idea is so good that everyone has it at once. One such idea is the ROSCA - a rotating savings and credit association - known as ekub in Ethiopia, cundinas in Mexico, tanomoshiko in Japan and dhukuti or dhikuti in Nepal. At a recent developer meetup I was able to hear from from Matthew Addison, CEO of StepLadder who has built a whole bu...
01 June 2020 /people /devops API
Jose Pierre CEO at Marketware International, Inc.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing and hearing about the innovative ways people are staying connected and reassuring each other. Likewise, the heroic acts of compassion and, the tireless, selfless, dedications of many doctors and nurses are an inspiration. Their care for those affected by the virus go beyond the call of duty and, performed
21 May 2020 /people /covid-19 Finextra site news
Willem Lambrechts Managing Director at Drebbel
Governments are cautiously starting to relax the lockdown. Economic life, or what is left of it, starts picking up. Everybody is encouraged to “go digital” and work from home. That is probably fair enough for a lot of people conducting tasks that do not involve interactions with clients, suppliers, partners. But how about sales, or looking from th...
18 May 2020 /people /startups Digital Sales
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
Back in the day, we learned in statistics that you need a sample size of at least 2% of the size of population to make statistically significant conclusions about the behavior of the population. In common speak, the expression "statistically significant" means "valid". Nevertheless, if you're like me, you regularly come across ...
04 May 2020 /people /retail
Ron Cogburn CEO at Exela Technologies
As Benjamin Franklin said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." This is a repost from my recent article for the Forbes Technology Council According to FEMA, up to 40% of small businesses can be forced to shut down in the wake of a disaster. Historically, fires, epidemics and even extreme weather events have devastated bu...
20 April 2020 /people /covid-19 Financial Risk Management
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