I was looking for any decent reports on the big tech trends for 2021 and first of all stumbled upon an interesting report from 2017. This was for the World Economic Forum, who surveyed 800 experts on their views of the key technologies for the future, and found seven major areas to focus upon: Robots…
Like most markets worldwide, the Middle East – or is that Western Asia? – has been sorely impacted by the pandemic crisis. Luckily not as much as Europe and the Americas, thanks to strict lockdowns and border closures, but this still creates a new paradigm shift in thinking. A shift towards being truly digital. With many…
I’ve spent a long time writing about how bad banks are with technology and digital transformation … but I’ve never said banks will be eaten by technology. So many other companies and industries are destroyed by technology, but banking is not one of them. I laugh when I read about The End of Banking, Banking…
During the summer we performed some extensive research, released today. Details below: Download the Survey Report and View the Video News Release The survey is available at no charge and can be downloaded by providing a few basic details about yourself. View the video news release as well. Bank and FinTech Execs Report Strengthening…
The coronavirus crisis has hit everyone sudden and hard. We originally thought it was a Chinese crisis and now it’s a global one. It’s shut down economies worldwide and the banking system has been asked to step in fast and address the crisis. Governments worldwide have asked banks to give out loans to large and…
I recently spotted a great write-up on Open Banking by Alex Johnson, who has kindly agreed I can republish it. So, here we go … The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Open Banking Distinguishing between what’s true and what we want to be true. Alex Johnson Source: FicoFinTech The trouble with Open Banking is that…
Things we’re reading today include … AMP fined $5m for allowing financial advisers to rip off clients Overdrafts: A guide to your changing bank fees Exclusive: Goldman Sachs to raise $8 billion for new buyout fund – sources What the coronavirus means for financial markets ING hit by sharp rise in bad debts Spooked UK…
Things we’re reading today include … Credit Suisse espionage scandal deepens as report suggests bank spied on Greenpeace Credit Suisse proposes Richard Meddings for election to the board ‘I wasn’t allowed to buy my burrito with cash’ EU states look in poor health to withstand a global crisis Chinese shares drop nearly 9% amid fears…
I’ve just been reading Jim Marous’s Digital Banking Report which ties in nicely with my new book Doing Digital, as the themes are similar. In Jim’s 70+ page report, Jim concludes that: “While there is an almost universal awareness of what needs to be done to digitally transform financial institutions, the progress is still slow to…
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