Technology

One of the themes of my presentations of recent times is how technology has bridged the divide between work life and social life. This came up in force again, as we talked about the role of social media in finance at the Club this week. For the older generation, work was always a place you…

This is a question that comes up more and more, and there’s an easy answer: it’s very important; and a harder answer: it’s not always important; and this is a key discussion in the context of immediate payments, something that is getting talked about more and more. In fact, my friends over at Glenbrook covered…

It’s Friday, so we should have some fun. Unfortunately, it’s both a bit of fun and a bit of a challenge. The challenge is how to differentiate the bank? That’s always been a challenge. Most banks reckon that they don’t need to differentiate the bank because once you’ve got a customer, you’ve got them for…

I was going to move away from further debate about branch and omnichannel today, as there’s far more interesting stuff about Google giving payments away for free with Gmail and PayPal doing the same with mobile, but that will have to wait until next week as yesterday’s post created quite a stir. I guess it was the…

I was going to move away from further debate about branch and omnichannel today, as there’s far more interesting stuff about Google giving payments away for free with Gmail and PayPal doing the same with mobile, but that will have to wait until next week as yesterday’s post created quite a stir. I guess it was the…

The shock news of the day, or not, is that Bloomberg’s reporters have been spying on their customers. Or that’s the suspicion anyway, and was kicked off by Goldman Sachs complaint that a reporter from Bloomberg had telephoned to find out why an employee of the bank had not logged on to their Bloomberg terminal…

In the middle of my showreel, I talk about augmented  lifestyles.  I’ve talked about this for many years, but now it is becoming an augmented reality, especially with the launch of Google Glass. Google’s glasses (I want!) allow you to see enhanced information about all tjhat is around you in real-time … Robert Scoble, the…

In the middle of my showreel, I talk about augmented  lifestyles.  I’ve talked about this for many years, but now it is becoming an augmented reality, especially with the launch of Google Glass. Google’s glasses (I want!) allow you to see enhanced information about all tjhat is around you in real-time … Robert Scoble, the…