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With the plethora of news emanating from Barcelona this week, it has been interesting to see announcements about strategic partnerships in the mobile financial services space dominating the headlines. These have included Vodafone’s alliance with Visa to bring contactless mobile payments to customers in more than 30 countries around the world, as w...
29 February 2012 /retail
Global mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold between 2011 and 2016, according to Cisco, rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 78% from 2011 to 2016. At this rate, by 2016, we really will be in the middle of a mobile data explosion. Of course, 4G and the anticipated growth in video calling will form a huge part of this peak in mobile...
28 February 2012 /retail
Keith Russell
When you live and breathe eBilling and eStatements like I do (I know – I need to get a life!), it’s sometimes surprising when you hear other people’s thoughts and expectations on the subject. I met with a major bank recently, to discuss the option of going paperless with Push eStatements. I found it interesting that the COO’s response was that in t...
Visiting some places can give you the unique feeling of taking a step back in time. The grand architecture and artistry of Rome allows any visitor to immediately immerse themselves in the most powerful empire of modern history. In Havana, you can be transported back to 1950s Americana quicker than you can say ‘vintage Chevrolet’. I now get the ...
27 February 2012 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Thousands of small and medium-sized merchants, desperate for visibility and exposure have turned to daily deal sites to help drive traffic to their stores. But the profitability of such models is under scrutiny. I believe there is a huge opportunity for retail banks who could provide a sustainable alternative to daily deal sites by driving their c...
27 February 2012 /payments /retail
I've previously blogged to urge Mark Zuckerburg to beware of hubris, to realise that just as he's created value extremely quickly, it can be disappear just as fast. There are many people out there happy to big up Facebook's Future and I genuinely don't know what's going to happen, but it's always fun to speculate. What are the clouds on the horizo...
24 February 2012 /retail
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
I took part in two panel discussions last week focusing on very similar themes - the customer. More specifically - the bank customer. Those outside the banking world - in any other retail-orientated industry really - may not see this emphasis on 'the customer' as anything strange. But most within 'our' world know what a strange and wondrous develo...
20 February 2012 /retail Social Banks
Forums are a great way to get connected and learn more about the “pulse” of global Finance and Banking industries. The word “Forum” and “Community” very much go hand-in-hand these days – they are often tribal, entertaining, addictive and powerful resource for both new-comers and experienced hands. The list has been prepared and shortlisted by bas...
17 February 2012 /retail Financial Supply Chain
A piece in Times that I read last week offered an inspirational example of how financial services providers can achieve business transformation by fostering personalised relationships with customers and proactively addressing their needs. The article, written by Richard Banks, chief executive of UK Asset Resolution, described how the company is ta...
15 February 2012 /retail
Hans Tesselaar Executive Director at BIAN
This month sees another milestone on the road towards widespread open standards in banking IT, in the shape of a new partnership between BIAN and The Open Group. Bringing together the banking sector expertise of BIAN, with the wider industry track record of The Open Group, the collaboration aims to help banks adapt to a rapidly changing business en...
14 February 2012 /retail /wholesale
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