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Innovation in Financial Services

A discussion of trends in innovation management within financial institutions, and the key processes, technology and cultural shifts driving innovation.

Brett King

Brett King CEO & Founder at Moven

Analysis: Lack of innovation is killing bank valuation

No one can deny that banks have had a tough time of it when it comes to stock market valuations over the last couple of years. The global financial crisis, massive debt and NPL issues along with punishing public opinion led to a massive collapse in banking stocks and company valuations in recent times. It would be simple to blame the sub-prime and...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Which Innovations will drive growth in Payments business?

Very clear message in survey by Equens, IBM and Frauenhofer

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Rik Coeckelbergs

Rik Coeckelbergs Independent Advisor, Opinion Maker and Consultant at The Banking Scene

Ad-funded payments are changing the merchant business model

Trialpay surprised me this week with a couple of interesting surveys: one on the effect of Motherday on the revenue in social gaming and one on ad-funded payments. Let us start with the ad funded payments. In fact, after reading the paper it looks more like a real marketing instrument rather than a payment instrument, but nevertheless it is worth...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Expectation-surge from corporate customers

Equens and a number of partners (Fraunhofer, IBM etc.) do a regular survey on what banks, customers etc. want in payments, innovations etc. The attached chart from the results (published yesterday) is giving the strongest of signals: Just behind the obvious (electronic funds transfer, credit/debit cards) we see as top priority: - cash and liquidit...

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Uri Rivner

Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence

I go chop your dollar !

My sister who works in Paypal sent me this oldie. Didn’t see it before and I thought it’s too fun not to share ;) Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1nKR3gYRY8 I don suffer no be small Upon say I get sense Poverty no good at all, no Na im make I join this business 419 no be thief, its just a game Everybody dey play am if anybody fall mugu, ha...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

Signposts for the road to a networked economy

Two videos (week 18) with signposts on the road to a networked real time economy.

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Retired Member 

Payment institutions

Blog is related to any news linked to the payment institution . This new structure created by the PSD allows alternative players to provide payment services and compete with banks.

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Rik Coeckelbergs

Rik Coeckelbergs Independent Advisor, Opinion Maker and Consultant at The Banking Scene

Market Opportunities on Biometric Payments?

As I stated in my last blog I was going to elaborate a bit more on the market opportunities of Biometric Payments these days. Through a couple of recent examples I hope to give you a better idea on how and where Biometric Payments can be a succes and what the pitfalls currently are in a business case on Biometric Payments. Last time I gave the ex...

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Uri Rivner

Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence

How many Fortune 500 Companies Compromised? Answer Inside

In the last few weeks I’ve been talking to some of the corporations hit by famous Operation Aurora; the attack that triggered the Google-China virtual war. The CISOs of these companies are facing a daunting task. These incidents reached board-level attention, and left many questions unanswered. How good are the traditional defense mechanisms? What ...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Transmeri, Demos, Real Time Economy Program,MyData

The end of the beginning..

Preface to Final Report “Europe is facing major challenges in the coming years as its enterprises and public sector need to become both significantly more productive and environmentally friendly. These needs are accentuated by the relative decline of population of working age and at the same time the growing demand for human resources in health an...

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