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‘Fintech’ and ‘innovation’ are both hot topics and buzzwords that are seemingly being dropped in to every conversation related to financial services at the moment. However the latter has always been e...
A recent blog post from Colt highlighted the way trading floors have changed over the last few decades – what was once a profession characterised by floors of people shouting orders across a seething...
The digital start up culture of the US has long been lauded as the benchmark for the EU to aspire towards creating. However the cultural and financial differences between the EU and US are vast, contr...
Last month, SAP hosted its annual Financial Services Forum in London to discuss the challenges brought forth by digital transformation and to provide a platform for discussion around innovation and it...
The Philippines is preparing for ASEAN integration. Integration will mean (eventually) ASEAN member banks can set up shop here and vice versa. It makes me wonder what best practices they will bring? W...
So, Apple Pay is finally here. Let me cut to the chase. The good Well done, Apple! Kudos for showing the way. Amazing antenna performance, thanks to AMS booster (that has now been dropped in favour of...
Digital Transformation changed the way we live and make business, then gave two options to banks: CHANGE or DIE. As clearly stated by Darwin, neither the strongest nor the most intelligent but the mos...
Recently I got a puppy for my child. We decided to name the puppy 4wgu23x5#9. My wife,8yysH3m, thought we should name the dog 0x2%#b5. But I’m sure she’ll get over it. Meanwhile, I’m helping my older ...
I am the future of banking. I am a millennial. I was born in 1997 – and over the next few years, customers like me will decide whether or not banks are the right places to go to meet our money needs. ...
I recently read an article (http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/jun/21/next-generation-mobile-banking-apps-data-sharing-warning) about the new wave of mobile banking. Banks want to become a ‘lifes...
There is major shift in the way governments in Latin America regulate businesses – particularly multinationals – that is distinct from anything else seen in global compliance. Unlike the United States...
The Internet of Things represents a dramatic change in life as we know it. As everything around us is brought “online” through the inclusion of sensors, computing power and network connectivity, we wi...