Innovation in your backyard
Tuesday 30 June 2020
Across North America there are over 10,000 community banks and credit unions, serving a broad range of communities (from farmers to metropolitan residents) with a diverse range of needs. Embedded in their communities and with deep knowledge of the customers that they serve, do these institutions have the potential to become the true innovative and
FTT Virtual North America Goes Live on September 9th (EST)
Tuesday 16 June 2020
Content, Community & Experience – digital by design and created for the North American market As the realities of Covid-19 and what it meant for our industry became apparent, it also became clear that a return to normal or something approximating it was not imminent. Though March seems a very long time ago, in the
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Innovation in a pandemic: Why have incumbents not gone Digital Only?
Tuesday 12 May 2020
Coronavirus has dialled up the urgency for digital only banking. However don’t be fooled by the excitement, digital only banking is starting to gain momentum yes but it will take a few more years before we see a truly cashless world. Typically, startups and medium size financial institutions hold their data on modern digital platforms
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A strategic approach to making the most of Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday 12 May 2020
Amrita Chatterjee, COO of Finarb, speaks to us about incomplete digital journeys in financial services being accelerated by Covid-19, future trends and the importance of mapping out an AI Strategy. She highlights the importance of building an approach based on problem solving, incorporating an understanding of the business structure and a realistic pathway to implementation.
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COVID-19 and the Digital Divide
Tuesday 28 April 2020
Social distancing, and for some complete isolation, has elevated the importance of digital inclusion. As we have all experienced, the need to rein in our physical interactions has nudged or rather shoved us into the online world for an ever-broadening range of daily activities. The sense of urgency is real and moves to a level
When disruption came wrapped in a big red bow
Tuesday 21 April 2020
A few years ago, I found myself engaged in one of my more frequent activities. Having a drink with a banker. Sitting in Helsinki with a lovely glass of wine, the banker turned to me and asked: ‘So, Liz – take a guess on what was the most significant date in corporate banking in the
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Grab a (Virtual) Beer and be part of our community
Tuesday 07 April 2020
Humans are social animals. We create languages, paint pictures, and sing songs in order to communicate and connect with one another. Variations of those first early smoke signals sent out over millions of years – from Gutenberg kickstarting a cultural and scientific revolution, to telegraph and radio waves sending news and information across borders, to
Coronavirus: threat to traditional trade or already doomed?
Tuesday 31 March 2020
Roger Vincent, Chief Innovation Officer and GM at Trade Ledger looks at the current state of global trade and the impact COVID-19 will have going forward. Global trade growth has been slowing massively since the financial crisis – with Coronavirus, the latest setback, causing a huge credit crunch amongst Chinese businesses. But, even though it
All hail the collective experience
Tuesday 17 March 2020
I was working in New York in the mid-1990s when our boss brought a TV into the office and set it up on a bookshelf. We all gathered round and tuned into the news. About 20 minutes later O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron
Social distancing need not mean social isolation
Monday 09 March 2020
As we move towards a period of uncertainty where the most basic of human instincts, connecting face-to-face to learn and explore collaboration may be curtailed for a number of weeks or even months. Large scale events, such as the Mobile World Congress and SXSW, have been put on hold, which has caused a certain amount
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