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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KYC – WHO WILL WIN THE WAR?

By Lee Travers, CEO and founder of Briqs KYC is a war that seems, to many of us, to have gone on sin...

19th November, 2015

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RUSSIA’S TOUCH BANK – TAPPING BIG DATA FOR PERSONALIZED BANKING

In many global credit markets, credit bureau data is considered the state of the ar. Russia’s Touch...

19th November, 2015

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LIFE MOVES PRETTY FAST – DOES YOUR BANK?

~ Scott Andrick, Industry Principal of Retail Banking at Pegasystems, explains why UK banks need to...

19th November, 2015

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BRANCH TRANSFORMATION 2015: WINCOR NIXDORF PRESENTS INTEGRATED CONCEPTS TO TRANSFORM BRANCH NETWORKS

Despite the growth of online banking, today’s customer demands a true omnichannel service where the...

6th November, 2015

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THE CMA’S HIDDEN TRAP: COMMODITISING SME BANKING SERVICES

Eighteen months of investigation, and the decision is in: the banks will not be broken up. The Compe...

5th November, 2015

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SIMPLIFYING CORPORATE BANKING KEY TO IMPROVING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Ian Chittick, Director – Digital Client Access, Barclays Corporate The corporate banking world often...

3rd November, 2015

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TRADITIONAL BANKS VERSUS CHALLENGER BANKS: WHO WILL OWN THE GROWTH MARKET?

Gordon Stanley, consultant at Leathwaite Britain’s major banks seem relatively unalarmed (thus far)...

2nd November, 2015

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COLLABORATION BETWEEN BANKS AND FINTECHS FOR AN IMPROVED FINANCIAL FUTURE

Hans Tesselaar, executive director BIAN The Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) was formed...

27th October, 2015

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BANKS NEED TO PLAY THE GAME AND MAKE MONEY FUN TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS HAPPY

Retailers long ago realised that shopping was as much about the experience as the need to buy things...

27th October, 2015

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THE RISE OF DIGITAL CHALLENGER BANKS – ARE THEY JUST FOR MILLENNIAL ‘MOBIVORES’?

A new wave of digitally focused challenger banks (such as: Monese, Atom, Mondo and Starling) are exp...

26th October, 2015

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ARE BANKS PREPARED FOR THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY REGIME IN 2016?

Mary Clarke, CEO, Cognisco www.cognisco.com In light of the numerous banking scandals over the past...

26th October, 2015

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BANK TO BASICS

  Every person that has ever attended a high street bank can recount a story where a seemingly...

26th October, 2015