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

FIRST GULF BANK SELECTS MONITISE TO POWER MOBILE MONEY SERVICES

Middle East bank partners with Monitise to launch new best-in-class mobile banking services Monitise...

16th May, 2014

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ARE CHALLENGER BANKS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH?

Claire Richardson, VP, Verint In the past I have discussed innovation in banking, referencing the Sw...

14th May, 2014

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RISE IN UK ACCOUNT SWITCHING PUTS FOCUS ON CUSTOMER SERVICE

The in-bank customer experience has always been important for financial institutions, but two curren...

10th May, 2014

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HOW TO CREATE A HIGH PERFORMANCE BANKING AND FINANCE DATACENTRE ENVIRONMENT

By Eric Jorgensen, VP Sales EMEA, Virtual Instruments Discussion of updating and consolidating an or...

9th May, 2014

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STARTING A BANK – REGULATORY CHANGES ATTRACT NEW MARKET ENTRANTS

– Lessons in reducing time and cost to market for challenger banks – Establishing a lice...

1st May, 2014

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Banking

GOING FURTHER THAN THE HIGH STREET FOR FUNDING

Since 2009 many banks and those in the UK in particular, have come under pressure to increase their...

30th April, 2014

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Banking

BANK CUSTOMERS REPORT A DECLINE IN POSITIVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES  FOR FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS, LARGELY DRIVEN BY GEN Y

Evolving Customer Expectations Put Impetus on Banks to Transform Digital Capabilities, Including Inv...

29th April, 2014

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Banking

WHY ONE DIMENSIONAL STRESS TESTING NEEDS TO BE REINVIGORATED: TAKING A DUAL-TIME DYNAMICS APPROACH

Hugh Morris, VP for Banking and Financial Services, Genpact Banks are required to perform stress tes...

25th April, 2014

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BRANCH CLOSURES IN THE DIGITAL ERA – SHIFTING INFRASTRUCTURES

By Simon Cadbury, Head of Strategy & Innovation at Intelligent Environments As UK high street ba...

22nd April, 2014

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Banking

THE BANKS, THE CUSTOMERS AND THE FRAUDSTERS

By counter-fraud expert Paul Ewen, AGS Risk Solutions Historically a stick-up robbery was the recogn...

15th April, 2014

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BEAT THE CORE TRANSFORMATION CONUNDRUM

By Ashwin Goyal, Group Vice President, Oracle Financial Services Recent comments by Andrew Bailey, c...

14th April, 2014

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Banking

PAUL SPENCER, REGIONAL DIRECTOR SME BANKING IN THE SOUTH & WEST, LLOYDS BANK COMMERCIAL BANKING

The latest Budget announcement has revealed that the Government is doubling its export funding to £3...

14th April, 2014