I was surprised to read this morning that the former leaders of Barclays (Capital) Bank are launching a new European stock exchange. Apparently Rich Ricci and Bob Diamond – the former CEO of Barclays investment bank and Barclays Bank respectively – are the backers of Aquis, an exchange run by former Chi-X CEO Alasdair Haynes. The…
I was surprised to read this morning that the former leaders of Barclays (Capital) Bank are launching a new European stock exchange. Apparently Rich Ricci and Bob Diamond – the former CEO of Barclays investment bank and Barclays Bank respectively – are the backers of Aquis, an exchange run by former Chi-X CEO Alasdair Haynes. The…
Pew Research is always producing interesting reports, but this one specifically caught my attention this week: 51% of US adults bank online. Over half of Americans are banking online or, if you translate that into those who use the internet (about 80% of US adults), then 61% of internet users bank online. More intriguingly is…
Pew Research is always producing interesting reports, but this one specifically caught my attention this week: 51% of US adults bank online. Over half of Americans are banking online or, if you translate that into those who use the internet (about 80% of US adults), then 61% of internet users bank online. More intriguingly is…
I wasn’t going to post this on the blog, as it has nothing to do with banking, but it’s August and no-one’s bothered what I post. It does also have some relevance as I blogged yesterday about banks being stuck with 20th century processes. That blog entry received this response from Nick Bush: a more customer-centric approach would…
I wasn’t going to post this on the blog, as it has nothing to do with banking, but it’s August and no-one’s bothered what I post. It does also have some relevance as I blogged yesterday about banks being stuck with 20th century processes. That blog entry received this response from Nick Bush: a more customer-centric approach would…
I keep thinking I should stop blogging about Bitcoin, as I’ve written so much about it already: Is Bitcoin the future of money … or are we smoking dope? (October 2011) Bitcoin: immersive or subversive? (January 2012) You should take Bitcoin seriously (September 2012) A new currency payment system is about to explode (February 2013) The latest stats on…
I keep thinking I should stop blogging about Bitcoin, as I’ve written so much about it already: Is Bitcoin the future of money … or are we smoking dope? (October 2011) Bitcoin: immersive or subversive? (January 2012) You should take Bitcoin seriously (September 2012) A new currency payment system is about to explode (February 2013) The latest stats on…
I got a copy of a fascinating survey by ING yesterday on mobile social banking. The survey asked 12,000 people in 12 countries in Europe about banking in the digital age, and here’s their summary of the main conclusions: 1. More than a third – or 37% – of consumers already use mobile banking. The Netherlands is the most…
We hosted Errol Damelin, Chief Executive and Founder of Wonga as our keynote guest at the London Financial Services Club last week, to end our season of meetings for the 2012-2013 season (2013-2014 season about to be announced). Errol is someone I met when Wonga first started its journey towards becoming a core big brand…
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