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Faster account switching, customer retention, new entrants and innovate offerings are putting the pressure on UK High Street banks. At the same time, keeping customers happy and staving off competition are top of mind. All of the planning that goes into ticking these boxes is wasted if the banks lack the resources to back it up. There have been so...
17 October 2013 /retail
Islamic finance has developed in two main directions namely Islamic banking and Islamic Insurance. Takaful insurance (also known as Islamic insurance) is not only an innovative approach to Islamic finance, but also a viable alternative to conventional insurance. Takaful – the Islamic way of insurance is always based on mutual protection and co-ope...
12 October 2013 /retail
Elton Cane Digital product delivery at News Corp Australia
When ATM vendors got behind Windows XP as a replacement for IBM’s OS/2 as it neared the end of its shelf life 10 years ago, there was a predictable flurry of concern. And instinctively, the concerns made sense. Why would you use the most popular and most targeted all-purpose PC operating system to run such a machine with very specific functions and...
11 October 2013 /security /retail Future Finance
Alex Bray AVP, Omni-Channel Acquisition & Servicing at Genpact
It was announced this week at the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation’s Annual Forum in Nigeria, that the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) is to be launched to drive down the artificially high internet prices in emerging African economies. Supported by individuals like Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the Web, and organisations
10 October 2013 /retail Online Banking
Specifications serve as a standard of reference for a certification process (e.g. laboratory testing, certification) that can be undertaken to guarantee these specifications have been implemented correctly. We asked, Ludovic Verecque, General Manager at PayCert, to explain us the importance of the certification process. “In the interest of advancin...
10 October 2013 /payments /retail
Microfinance involves extending small loans to individuals for buying tools which will help them in setting up small businesses requiring rudimentary skills, to earn their lively hood and repay loans. Examples could be extending a loan for purchase of a sewing machine for tailoring, extending a loan to purchase tools to set up a two wheeler mechan...
08 October 2013 /retail
National Customer Service Week 2013: How to adapt to the always-on generation This week (7-11 October 2013) is National Customer Service Week which is a good time to look at the role today’s customer plays in reshaping financial services. Recent technology developments have radically changed customers’ expectations. Today’s customers expect to...
07 October 2013 /retail
Tushar Chitra Vice President, Product Strategy and Marketing at Oracle Financial Services Software
Still Unsure About Retail Consumer Banking Through Social Media? Act Fast or Get Left Behind! Picture this scenario: You are on your facebook page, busy ignoring the endless motivational messages and done-to-death jokes shared by your virtual acquaintances. You notice a sponsored message for Lotto shoes at an attractive discount. You have wanted t...
07 October 2013 /retail Future Finance
It’s going to be a busy few years ahead for payments transformation in Australia. The announcement last week that EFTPOS, the electronic point of sale debit card network, was moving away from bilateral links to embrace a central hub model with FIS comes on top of industry moves to finalise by the end of the year plans to implement a real-time payme...
07 October 2013 /payments /retail Future Finance
As technology becomes ever more intertwined with our daily lives, consumers are entrusting businesses with increasing amounts of their personal data. The Data Controller is the legal person who controls and is responsible for the safe keeping and use of a user’s personal data. With the European legislative changes planned for 2014 introducing an o...
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