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The Ambassador, Embassy, Ferroro-Rocher and a Banker
As mentioned, we had our first meeting of the Financial Services Club in Oslo last week, and a fine affair it was. The most impressive aspect of the meeting being the palatial surroundings of the...
View ArticleNordea’s use of Facebook and social media to engage their customer
I really enjoyed the presentations in Oslo, particularly the case studies by Nordea and ValYou. Nordea spoke about their experiences with social media usage. This, in itself, is fascinating as just a...
View ArticleAML prevention lies in digital identities: the new form of money
After yesterday’s post about KYC, PEPs and AML, someone said: “so what’s the point Chris?” @FSClub not quite sure of the point you are making here. Money L bad. Hard to catch. Harder if not in...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Payments Report, 2014
In late 2013, we researched the views of how payments markets are responding to change. The results are intriguing, so here's the management summary. If you would like a free copy of the report,...
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It’s better to own disruption than be eaten by it
As mentioned yesterday, banks are not sleeping ostriches but are very awake to the digital revolution. In fact, many are investing in that revolution with four incumbent banks standing out on my radar...
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How many m-wallets and other payment innovations …
We had a very succesfful third meeting of the Financial Services Club Nordic Region in Stockholm the other night (checkout what happened at the first and second meetings if of interest). The focus...
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HSBC’s shared service centre in Poland: an interesting insight or two
So it’s been another busy week with Financial Services Club meetings in London, Edinburgh and Warsaw. I’ll summarise each one over the next week, but will begin with our meeting in Warsaw which saw...
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The importance of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain to banks (and everyone)
We had a revival of the Innotribe from SIBOS on Monday, by gathering the great and the good to discuss cryptocurrencies at the Escalator, an incubator for new fintech start-ups in East London run by...
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The FSClub: Leading Fintech in Scotland (and twitter too!)
In the third Financial Services Club meeting last week (the other two took place in London and Warsaw), we had a conference in Edinburgh: Fintech2014, in partnership with Scot-Tech. Our checkin folks...
View ArticleEurope’s regulatory jumble is still a puzzle to unfold
In our annual opening meeting at the Financial Services Club David Doyle, Policy Adviser on all matters to do with EU Regulations, gave us a swift canter through the key headlines in European...
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