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Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

If any industry is in need of new thinking, it's banking

I've just checked my blogging stats and it seems like the last time I could, actually, act on my blogging muse was this past January. Oh dear. I apologise folks, but #dayjob. Those webcasts don't moderate themselves, ya know. So, as we come into the middle of the year, I thought I would reflect on a few of my 'I should write a blog about this' mome...

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Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

Where does that tail start, actually?

So a long time ago when the earth was flat and God was a boy, I worked at a recruitment consultancy (don't ask) which ran a profitable business placing people in the publishing industry (my side of the business wasn't so profitable, like I said, don't ask). Anyway, my colleagues on the publishing side of the biz regularly received copies of 'The B...

Disruption in Retail Banking

Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

GTB in 2014 - The Big Predictions!

Many of you signed up to watch and take part in our live webcast looking at global transaction banking in 2014. We asked our esteemed panel to close off our discussion with their top predictions for next year. It is not surprising that the ‘three Cs’ – consolidation, collaboration and competition—all featured heavily in our panel's crystal ball g...

/wholesale Future Finance

Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

It's time to dust off those GTB crystal balls!

Here at Finextra we are all about community and one of our favouite communities is Global Transaction Banking. So, as an end of year treat, we have gathered a group of industry thought leaders to gaze into their collective crystal ball, via a live interactive webcast, to look ahead to what is in store for GTB in 2014. Audience members will be abl...

/payments Future Finance

Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

VIDEO: The challenges of global transaction banks

Saket Pabby,VP, Oracle revenue management and billing, discusses the challenges facing global transaction banks and how analytics is shaping transaction banking. Watch the video here.

Future Finance

Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

Go on...top up my finger

Mobile wallets are mainstream…no they’re not…yes, they are… I want my NFC…what about a QR code or P2P? Tablets and smartphones, stored-value, account-to-mobile, don’t forget CARDS! Cash and cheques - your days are numbered…is there a date on that? Long live cash and cheques! Buyit, Pingit, Zapp-it, contactless sticker tap it, iTunes, Amazon…but I d...

/retail Whatever...

Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

You're not cool enough for mobile

As you can imagine, Sibos is a showcase for the dark suit (no matter the weather). You can see some fight against the greys, blacks and blues - the sharp tie, the custom made lining, the Day-Glo nail polish, patterned tights or snazzy heels. But by and large, the sober suit (for men and women) tends to win the sartorial challenge at shows like Si...

/sibos Future Finance

Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

Bank or IT? - You Decide!

I don't know if you've noticed, but we've been upping our 'innovation' coverage over at Finextra Towers. Don't worry, we still have a lot of love for the dark suited, world weary IT and business types fighting the good fight against legacy infrastructure, regulatory mandates, shrinking margins and an increasingly fickle customer base. ("We wa...

Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

Where bitcoin is going, there will be banks

I've been to a fair amount of FinTech, financial services and payments conferences in my time. I once sat through one where an old man in a badly fitting suit read passages from the Payments Services Directive...line by line...(I still have flashbacks). However, outside of the non-stop party that is European banking regulations, nothing screams Fin...

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Elizabeth Lumley

Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted

The Twitterview's back! IBM chats about customer-centricity

Back by popular demand, get ready for the return of the Finextra Twitterview. This time we are speaking to IBM's Mike Hobday who will be chatting with the Twitterarti about banks, customers, innovation & the high level of change affecting financial services. When: May 8th, at 14:30 UK Time Who: Follow @Finextra and @bluzco How: Watch the hash...

Disruption in Retail Banking

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