Innovative digital banking solutions will attract and retain customers
- 10 years 2 months ago 05:00 am
- Keith Rowling, Managing Director UK & Ireland at First Data Corporation
Recently, we launched ‘The Digital Agenda’ to help our clients transform their customers’ experience by...
The Rise of Scottish Fintech
- 10 years 2 months ago 06:00 am
- Sharon Hamilton, Director of Financial and Business Services at Scottish Enterprise
These days the term ‘Fintech’ rolls off the tongue of anyone involved in financial services. It’s not...
The future of private banking
In private banking, success today means reflecting the market as it really is, not relying on...
Blockchain: the ideal market infrastructure for Alternative Finance?
Had a lot of positive feedback after I posted an article stating provocatively “Bitcoin may kill...
The Problem with Silicon Valley and Economic Development
- 10 years 2 months ago 03:00 am
- William Laraque, Managing Director at US-International Trade Services
The problem with Silicon Valley venture capital, peer-to-peer lending, Lending Club, Prosper,...
BIAN member IBM launches API Economy
As a significant member of the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN), it’s encouraging to see IBM...
Unemployment, Prison, Mortality, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
- 10 years 2 months ago 01:00 am
- William Laraque, Managing Director at US-International Trade Services
The Reverend Jesse Jackson calls prison the exhaust of a failed economic engine. The U.S. has more...
The High Tech Myth and the Low Tech Transformation
- 10 years 2 months ago 05:00 am
- William Laraque, Managing Director at US-International Trade Services
It is a myth that in order to develop, countries must replicate Silicon Valley. As Meg Ryan of HP...
A spotlight on efficiency brings opportunity for TPAs
Rapid technology evolution, shifting demographics and empowered consumers are trends well documented in...
The experience customers expect from their bank
Dear Banks, Welcome to The Age of the Customer. For FIs, this means shifting the banking...















