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Jamie Campbell

Jamie Campbell Commercial lead at Bud

Something McSomethingface and the power of choice

If you haven't heard, challenger bank Mondo now has to change its name due to trademark issues. They have called for a crowdsourced name to "involve the community" as much as possible. In doing so they have had to stipulate that Banky McBankface would not be an accepted suggestion, explaining that "suggestions need to begin with an...

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Ian Stone

Ian Stone CEO at Vuealta

Getting over the cloud hurdle in banking

Across industries, conversations around the use of cloud are commonplace. The benefits around lower costs, access from anywhere on any device and ease of implementation aren’t new. And yet, from talking with banking leaders, we know that there are still significant challenges when it comes to consuming and implementing public cloud services within...

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PFM as meaning: Michal Panowicz on the Digital Transformation

During the 2016 Temenos Community Forum (TCF) in Barcelona, Strands General Manager Pau Velando sat down with digital banking thought leader Michal Panowicz, SVP & Deputy Head of Digital Banking at Nordea. Previously, Michal worked at mBank, a digital frontrunner ranked by Forrester Research as the #1 online retail and SME bank in 2014. Micha...

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The wallet of the self-driving car and a watch that buys your flight tickets

Originally published at the Bank of Finland's e-booklet on the Future of Payments, in May 2016. The booklet is written in Finnish and downloadable here. “Change will never be as slow as it is today,” said Ericsson’s technology evangelist already in 2012[1]. By 2020 we will see 50 billion devices connected to the Internet[2] – practically everyt...

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David Donovan

David Donovan Executive Vice President at Publicis.Sapient

DevOps: Stepping out of the IT Shadows

Amazon is the 800-pound gorilla in the ecommerce marketplace and a leader in making the digital-physical experience for customers frictionless. When Warren Buffett talks about Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, this is what he has to say. "We haven't seen many businessmen like him. Overwhelmingly, he's taken things you and I've been buying and he'...

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I am a Banker - therefore I lie

While I came up with the Emotional Banking concept a few years ago, it’s only been a year now that I’ve waved my banking-change crusader flag and inflicted my indignation of banks not caring about their customers’ feelings full time. I’ve learned a lot in this past year. I have learned in utter consternation that banks have no interest in being a ...

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Howard Berg

Howard Berg Senior V President,North and Central Europe, BPS at Gemalto DIS

How the Internet of Things will change banking

The Internet of Things (IoT) is, without a doubt, one of the biggest technological transformations on the horizon, with many already claiming that we are entering the second major digital revolution. Analysts at Gartner predict there will be 25 billion smartphones, smartwatches, wearables, connected cars and other connected devices by 2020. An amaz...

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Alternative Online Payments: Three Unrecognised Truths for Merchants

As the European eCommerce market continues its meteoric rise, we spend an increasing proportion of our time looking at how to accommodate the diverse payment preferences of European consumers. Our merchant clients raise questions like: “How do German consumers pay online, which payment types should I accept in The Netherlands, and can Italians use...

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The Democratization of Wealth Management

The wealth management (WM) industry is in the midst of significant change. As the industry is re-shaped, one positive outcome will be that more people will have access to a greater quantity and quality of investment strategies and advice that was traditionally reserved for high net worth individuals. Two drivers that will accelerate this democrati...

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Kirsty Berry

Kirsty Berry Head of Product Marketing & Market Analytics at Compass Plus

Why mobile banking is essential

According to a 2015 Deloitte study, 76% of the UK adult population has a smartphone and whilst the ‘will it take off’ story of mobile payments seems to have taken the spotlight, there is another financial tool on the device that plays an important role in the daily lives of many consumers - mobile banking. Mobile banking is often pushed to the bac...

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