I. Start Me Up
Platitudes and Transformation: Former senator Barney Frank says that in order to be...
Songs in the Key of Light
The art of Rodin, Rembrandt and so many other artists demonstrates that the greatest art is a play...
The alternative to Stock Markets
As a long serving employee in the City and a former member of the London Stock Exchange I have been...
Using Social Media to measure and manage banks’ reputation risk
In finance, social media is generally perceived as a major source of reputation risk. Anyone can post...
The Special One: what can banks learn from football management?
Much like the Premier League, the financial services industry is dominated by high-profile and high-...
Ranks of cross-border issues swell
Payment for research and unbundling has been on the European regulatory agenda for some time. It has now...
Watch out Fintech, the Banks are Coming!
I was upset to be unable to join the recent debate in New York on digital banking. It ended up...
UK pension providers’ priority post-reform is educating their customers
Pensions are back in the headlines and flavour of the month online. In March 2015, Google Trends in the...
Catch that second: Temporal Shifts and System Stability
Tonight’s addition of a single second to system clocks will no doubt underwhelm the world, much as...
Banking’s next blind spot: innovation for innovation’s sake
Retail banking is under pressure from every angle. Technological advances, and the evolving attitudes...