I mentioned that BRE Bank is dropping their branding later this year and replacing it with mBank, the brand they launched last decade to support their online activities. What is this all about? Here’s an analysis. BRE Bank launched in…
Our Invisible Tech Future
We’ve seen this in recent weeks as Google flaunts Google Glass, the Internet-connected glasses-mounted computer. It’s also why rumours won’t cease in discussing a possible watch from innovation giant, Apple. Continue ReadingThe post Our Invisible Tech …
Things worth reading: 19th June 2013
Things we’re reading today include … Banking Commission: Bankers should face threat of jail and loss of bonuses Swiss bill on bank secrecy rebuffed Former trader charged over Libor Osborne insists RBS boss Stephen Hester ‘decided to go’ Lloyds ‘aware…
Paranoid about launderers (and rightly so)
Since the big headline fines of Standard Chartered and HSBC for money laundering last year, there have been a lot of things rumbling in the background. In particular, the backlash from such activity has been quite notable, with HSBC throwing…
Dystopian Futures
On 10-12 June 2013, I was invited as a panel participant to the ISACA Insights World Congress. It was the second time in two weeks – the previous time was during a session at the Amplify Festival – that the panel was asked by the moderator what the future would look like in 2040. At […]
Things worth reading: 18th June 2013
Things we’re reading today include … Troubled Co-operative bank unveils rescue plan The six executives responsible for Co-op Bank’s troubles MPs question Lloyds Danish regulator tells Danske Bank to set aside more capital Swiss banks’ new calculations EU tax chief…
Building human relationships through digital channels
Chairing a conference all day, I was asked to give a summary at the end of the day, and was intrigued to find that all of my notes talked about human relationships through digital channels. Here’s a short summary to…
When work and social life collide, we need social banks
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…
