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The Science of Motivation with Mark McKoy

When people ask why I’ve ventured into the corporate incentives market after building a successful life in sports, wellness, and public speaking, there is one word that comes to mind: “Motivation.” Mo...

26 Oct 2018
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The Market Data Fire Swamp

Market Data in the trading industry reminds me of the Fire Swamp in the movie “The Princess Bride” (1987). Do you remember the Fire Swamp? It was characterized by three primary dangers - The Creatures...

26 Oct 2018
Fintech
Anna Kuzmina

Risky Georgia

Georgia is nice . I mean not the US state but the country — former USSR republic. Sweet home for the Caucasus Mountain villages and the Black Sea beaches. Delicious, dizzy and soulful place in memory

26 Oct 2018
Fintech
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Effectively Utilizing Publicly Accessible Social Media Data While Staying GDPR Compliant

As society moves towards an even deeper reliance on social media, the distinction between one’s private life, social media life and professional life is increasingly skewered and distorted. More and m...

26 Oct 2018
Data Protection Act Issues
René Haeberlin

Legacy systems are a pain in the bank

Banks today are no strangers to wake-up calls. They come thick and fast in trade journals. They frame the digital transformation discussion. They resonate with traditional banks, especially when they...

26 Oct 2018
Banking Architecture
Jason Bell

Understanding what's blowing in the wind in financial services

Face the music There are times when the power within a trend is not self-evident. It can appear to be a passing tremor in the status quo, rather than a movement or a development or a growing force tha...

26 Oct 2018
Fintech innovation and startups
Aleksandar Lenov

Opti-channel experience: Behind the scenes

Can you imagine leaving your home “un-connected”? No smartphone, no smartwatch, no tablet? No way! Neither does the person next to you. That is why today the average number of web-connected devices ow...

26 Oct 2018
Digital Banking Trends
Miriam Ballesteros González

An Open Letter To Sallie Krawcheck, And All Women In FinTech Everywhere

Dear Sallie, My name is Miriam Ballesteros, a 29-year-old from Barcelona who never really considered herself much of an advocate for women until starting to work in FinTech. I was first introduced to

25 Oct 2018
Women in FinTech
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The Women Shaping Payments in 2030

Last week, I was delighted to sit on a panel session at this year’s European Women Payments Network in Amsterdam. The annual conference brought together more than 250 women for two days of interactive...

25 Oct 2018
Fintech
Tony Craddock

Keep Pouring Tea for the Tillerman

I have heard that HM Treasury is considering removing tax benefits to those investing in start-up companies, EIS and SEIS. This must be avoided at all costs. The financial technology industry (Fintech...

25 Oct 2018
Andrew Beatty

The Clean Slate approach to Banking

Both in life and in banking technology, few have the luxury to start over with a clean slate. Banks usually have to build upon the investments (and mistakes) of prior years. Banks built their entire b...

25 Oct 2018
Banking Architecture
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Survey Says... Prepaid Is The Go-To Reward For Clinical Trials And Focus Groups

Market research and focus groups are proven to be effective ways to collect important customer feedback, and can be an integral part of a product’s success or failure. Customer feedback–especially dir...

24 Oct 2018

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