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I'm been thinking a lot about our fair Natalie lately. One thing you hear about, frequently, is that banks are hesitant to engage with social media because 'why would we open ourselves up to abuse fro...
Late last month I was invited to the Friday night kick off for Seedcamp's Seedhack financial technology 'hack-a-thon' event held at the Google-run UK Campus, recently launched in London. When you go t...
It's not often I get to link to Funny or Die on Finextra (well never), but here is Goldman Sachs versus the Anti-Muppet Defamation League.
OK, so some of you may know I spoke at SXSW in Austin, Texas on Monday. But before I get into the gist of what I talked about - I attended three panels - all looking at various angles on the theme of...
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 ...
Here at Finextra Towers we aim to serve our community in the best way we can. If you are a Finextra Community member and are attending, speaking or are just interested in MobeyDay - your one-stop comm...
Citi recently re-launched its personal finance site, Women & Co - opening up the site to non-Citi customers. Well done, finally we women have a personal finance site that speaks to the issues th...
No, this isn't a blog about that jobsworth bouncer at a Toronto bar who tried to stop me entering the Misys party at last year's Sibos (However, I did say 'I'm sooo Tweeting this!', before my colleagu...
Do you facilitate disruptive environments in order to engage GenY, digital natives? Are you involved in the gamification of the customer experience? Do work for a 'social' business? Will banking as we...
So, now we all know the dirty little secret at the heart of the latest alleged 'rogue trader' scandal at UBS. Risk management was ignored. Well, knock me down with a slide ruler. Now, I wrote a rathe...
So we all woke up this morning to find that UBS was reporting a $2 billion loss due to a ...wait for it ... 'rogue trader'. Yes, mistakes happen. Yes, fraud, abuse and criminal activity happen. But y...
I took part in a webcast a couple of weeks ago looking at how to best use social media channels at large events, such as Sibos (coming up next month, folks!) Cognito Analytics, which sponsored the web...