Just before Christmas, I held discussions with many retail, commercial and investment bankers in London about their thoughts for the New Year. Here are the headlines: Economy In the UK, 2014 is the year of the next general election which must be called on or before May 2015, and that factor will be a key…
One of our partners at the Financial Services Club is CFIR, the Copenhagen Finance IT Region. CFIR is an EU-funded networking group in Denmark who produce research and events around the developments in Danish banking and payments. Over the past year, CFIR has worked with the Copenhagen Business School, IBM, Danske Bank, NETS, the Innovation…
One of our partners at the Financial Services Club is CFIR, the Copenhagen Finance IT Region. CFIR is an EU-funded networking group in Denmark who produce research and events around the developments in Danish banking and payments. Over the past year, CFIR has worked with the Copenhagen Business School, IBM, Danske Bank, NETS, the Innovation…
It’s interesting talking with banks about mobile, and after hosting a meeting about the impact of mobile payments and banking on European banks this week, there is a homogeneity to the dialogue. The core is that everyone believes mobile banking and payments is taking over as the core essence of reach with the digitally native…
I was listening to a futurist talking about our planet, its growth, its overpopulation, the challenge of feeding the planet, sustainability and more, and in the middle of all of this he said that the future would have no money. No money. Zero. Nada. Nowt. A future without money? You must be joking. I mean…
I was listening to a futurist talking about our planet, its growth, its overpopulation, the challenge of feeding the planet, sustainability and more, and in the middle of all of this he said that the future would have no money. No money. Zero. Nada. Nowt. A future without money? You must be joking. I mean…
I gave a presentation the other day and, as usual, concluded that banks should position themselves as data vaults. One person then asked: what data should a bank make secure? which is a good question to ask, as it led to a healthy debate and improvement of clarity of view. Today, we produce exabytes of…
I gave a presentation the other day and, as usual, concluded that banks should position themselves as data vaults. One person then asked: what data should a bank make secure? which is a good question to ask, as it led to a healthy debate and improvement of clarity of view. Today, we produce exabytes of…
Looking for future trends, it is clear that wearable computing through the internet of things is a big wave for the next five years but, less reported, is the work on robots. Whenever we think of robots, we probably have an image of Will Smith in I Robot or the poster for Metropolis, dependent upon…
Looking for future trends, it is clear that wearable computing through the internet of things is a big wave for the next five years but, less reported, is the work on robots. Whenever we think of robots, we probably have an image of Will Smith in I Robot or the poster for Metropolis, dependent upon…
