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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Bridging the Digital Gap: Why Banking Transformation is a Binary Decision

There’s a familiar adage, “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” While its origins are unclear, it’s essentially a great excuse for doing nothing. A stark reality is that many banks run on platforms that are older than most of their employees. Why? Because they do work. However, as management guru Peter Drucker proclaims, “If you want something new, yo...

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Oscar-worthy banking claims

When I need to take a break from being immersed in the business of banking, I like to watch movies. And since the pandemic lockdown, I’ve watched quite a few. Along the way I’ve come to realize that life does indeed imitate art, sometimes in surprising ways. In this blog I’ll take a light-hearted look at drawing parallels between famous movie quot...

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Banks in the Age of Digital Darwinism

Charles Darwin’s theory suggests that it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it is the one that is most adaptable to change. As the world races towards digital banking, we consider why banks need help to adapt to a digital future. Technology is redefining what’s possible across all sectors. For the most pa...

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Time to Take Your Shot - There’s a Revolution in Banking

“Every generation needs a new revolution,” Thomas Jefferson Digital banks are popping up everywhere. Many of these upstarts are the offspring of grown-up banks that may be careworn and lacking in agility. How will the older and wiser cohabit with such youthful exuberance? In this blog we consider how to close this “banking generation gap” befor

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Don’t Just Digitalize, Componentize!

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world,” said noted philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. He understood that any language contains walls, and that speaking a language restricts your thought and mind to a specific format. In this blog we consider whether banking is limited by its own lexicon. The Inuits are said to have 50 words for snow...

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Preparing for a New Dawn in Banking and Payments

There is no more business as usual. Even before the sweeping changes brought about by the pandemic, global banking and payments were already experiencing unmatched upheaval – and that pace of change is now accelerating. Digitalization redefines what’s possible in the banking industry. On the supply side, boundaries between channels and services ar...

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Banking on Uncertainty: It’s Time for a New Approach

Banking and payments are no longer limited to banks, and it’s a transformation that’s only just begun. People want banking integrated into their daily lives and payment services that eliminate friction. In this blog we take a look at what banks need to do to adapt. Almost all bank systems and processes are firmly rooted in the past, reflections of...

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Banking on the Cloud... A Strategic Imperative

Noted author GK Chesterton once wrote, “There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.” He penned those words nearly a century ago, but they still ring true when talking about today’s modern cloud technology and cloud computing. These days many banks are looking to the cloud for answers – and rightly so. The current economic whirlwi...

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Andrew Beatty

Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS

Bank Digitalization: Prepare for Liftoff

According to George Westerman, research scientist with the MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy: “When digital transformation is done right, it’s like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, but when done wrong, all you have is a really fast caterpillar.” The worldwide upheaval from the coronavirus unceremoniously revealed which banks float...

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