Banking

From risk‑management practices to competitive positioning, the Banking section delivers detailed articles and opinion pieces on global banks and financial institutions. It examines regulatory shifts, digital transformation and the evolving role of banks in the wider economy.

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Banking

WHY ARE BANKS STRUGGLING TO SWITCH CUSTOMERS FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL?

Michael Wright, founder and CEO of global paperless communication specialist, Striata Just 20 years...

17th June, 2016

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BEWARE OF TOXIC UNICORNS

Filippo De Montis,  Director Global Industry Solutions for Banking and Insurance at Software AG In t...

14th June, 2016

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HOW EMERGING BANKS ARE DISRUPTING THE MARKET

Rebekah Cooper, head of experience at Radical Company It’s no secret consumers have a fairly poor pe...

9th June, 2016

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OVER HALF OF CONSUMERS EXASPERATED BY THE BANKING SYSTEM BECAUSE OF UNFAIR CHARGES, BRANCH CLOSURES AND IT FAILURES

57% of consumers are frustrated with their high street bank with the top frustrations being cited as...

9th June, 2016

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CLYDESDALE AND YORKSHIRE BANKS GET PERSONAL WITH NEW DIGITAL BANKING BRAND DESIGNED BY THE PARTNERS

‘B’ app puts the user at the centre with clever personalised tools – Global brand consultancy,...

3rd June, 2016

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UK BANKS PREDICTED TO HANDLE 13 PERCENT MORE CASH BY 2020

The Bank of England recently reported a 5 percent rise in the volume of cash circulation in the UK....

2nd June, 2016

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BANKING ON IOT: SECURING THE INTERNET OF THINGS FOR BANKING

Howard Berg, Senior VP, UK & Ireland at Gemalto 2016 will go down in history as the year that th...

28th May, 2016

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BANKS DON’T HAVE TO KILL LEGACY SYSTEMS TO BE MORE AGILE

Antoine Hemon-Laurens, banking customer communications management expert at GMC Software Technology...

27th May, 2016

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OXFORD ACADEMICS REINFORCE CALLS FOR BANKERS TO BE LICENSED

Analysis of banking culture shows how it became dysfunctional and why senior managers could not cont...

27th May, 2016

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FIRST STRONG EVIDENCE TO EMERGE OF CHANGING BANKER BEHAVIOUR

Nearly a quarter of a million bankers, the great majority of them in the UK, have demonstrated their...

27th May, 2016

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69% OF CUSTOMERS DEMAND INNOVATION FROM BANKS

A large majority of customers want innovation from their banking suppliers, according to a survey pr...

26th May, 2016

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UK BANKS DON’T NEED TO ‘DITCH’ FOREIGN CUSTOMERS, REPORTS HELLO SODA

Big data analytics firm Hello Soda is today disputing claims that banks need to ‘ditch’ customers to...

26th May, 2016