Chris Skinner here. I can’t tell you much about what I’m up to, except that I’m here in the beautiful city of Dubai, jewel of the United Arab Emirates and international hub between the world and the Middle East. Built from a scrap of sand over the last two decade, Dubai has dramatically changed the…
A really interesting discussion with a group of banking people this week about the impact of mobile and tablet computing on the banking world. I call this change the networked consumer, and it's a phrase that is meant to wrap up the whole discussion of the mobile internet and how it is affecting consumers attitudes…
We were discussing the forthcoming SIBOS future of money session yesterday and someone said: the more that time goes by, the more complex systems have become, the harder they are to change; at the same time, the more that time goes by, the faster and more powerful technology becomes, the more demands there are for change….
As mentioned yesterday, I’m joining Uday Goyal for the opening session of innotribe at SIBOS 2013. The session focuses upon how the business model of banking is changing, and includes discussions around all aspects of innovation and change in banking. A good insight into this session has been summarised by co-founder and co-organiser of innotribe…
It’s August and September is imminent. What happens in September? The Financial Services Club begins its new season of meetings? Yes. The world starts preparing for the end of summer / start of summer, dependent upon which hemisphere you live in? Yes. Green Day wake up? Probably not. Anything else? Urmmm … oh yes, SIBOS…
This week was dedicated to SIBOS, the annual SWIFT tradeshow, conference, exhibition and all around banker's jamboree. Here's a summary of the whole week: Welcome to SIBOS 2012 So here we are, a few of us anyway, at SIBOS 2012 in Osaka, Japan. Morning impressions in the land of the rising sun The theme of…
