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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CULTURE IN BANKING, THE KEY TO INDUSTRY RECOVERY?

Jonny Westcar, MD London, Brand Union The banking sector is walking on thin ice. Recent revelations...

25th February, 2015

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WHY BANKS ARE LEARNING THE RETAIL LESSON

David Maitland, General Manager, EMEA at Couchbase explains how financial institutions are building...

19th February, 2015

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LOCAL BANKING ON DEMAND: TSB LAUNCHES NEW MOBILE BANKING APP

New app is faster, slicker and allows payments via a mobile number TSB has improved mobile access fo...

19th February, 2015

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INNOVATE OR FAIL!

David Layton, UK Financial Services Director at Delphix, the provider of Data as a Service,looks at...

19th February, 2015

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MY LIFE AFTER BANKING

Alistair Smit, age 40, spent 10 years in structured finance at two global investment banks. A frustr...

19th February, 2015

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FOUR REASONS WHY BANK ACCOUNT CHARGES WON’T PAY

By Christopher Evans, Director of Collinson Group Is there any future in the retail banking business...

17th February, 2015

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USING CODE HALOS TO IMPROVE BANKS’ NET PROMOTER SCORE

Tony Virdi, VP of Banking and Financial Services in the UK & Ireland, Cognizant A company’s Net...

17th February, 2015

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IDEA BANK LAUNCHED IDEA HUB, A NEW-GENERATION BANK BRANCH

Idea Bank launched an experimental bank branch designed with a view to meeting its corporate clients...

16th February, 2015

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CAN INVESTMENT BANKS FIND LUCRATIVE IDEAS THROUGH ONLINE INTELLIGENCE?

By Emmett Kilduff, CEO and Founder of Eagle Alpha It’s no secret that more bulge bracket trading des...

14th February, 2015

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A POWER SHIFT IN THE BANKING SECTOR? A CASE OF WATCH THIS SPACE…

Having earned their place as part of the UK’s lending landscape, so-called challenger banks are havi...

12th February, 2015

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CUSTOMER EXPECTATION IS DRIVING BRANCH TRANSFORMATION

By Paul Fisher, Managing Director at Wincor Nixdorf With some 2,274 branches[1] undergoing refurbish...

12th February, 2015

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FIRST ATTACK-AWARE SECURITY SOFTWARE FOR BANKS UNVEILED AT FINOVATEEUROPE

Today, no European retail bank has attack-aware security that automatically detects and responds to...

12th February, 2015