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Technology in Financial Services - Enabling Innovation and shaping the future
Secrets of Successful CRM – sharing best practices from the field
The banking industry is really focused on organic growth this year and this is reflected in an...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/23/2011
Real Time Risk Management at the Touch of a Button - the challenge of managing 'big data'
New regulation, more frequent risk scenarios, faster trade flows and higher volumes are accelerating...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/23/2011
Choosing a Cloud Provider – towards a structured approach
Cloud computing provides a compelling option for Financial institutions (FIs) looking for more...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/22/2011
What’s Your Story – selling your idea successfully
So we have our idea, but how do we tell the world about it? I have seen many presentations by...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/20/2011
Creating a Culture of Innovation
Many companies aspire to innovate, but few of them do it well. There are many reasons why, but chief...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/18/2011
The Future of .NET and Interoperability in Banking
We are rapidly moving towards a more open environment when it comes to technology. A question that...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/18/2011
Kinecting Financial Services: Moving the relationship to the living room
I told my wife the Xbox and Kinect console were for the children. Sunday after Christmas I found her...
Author: Matt Bienfang- Industry Solutions Manager Date: 02/18/2011
Taking Control of our Data and our Destiny
Back in October 1996, Wired Magazine published Thomas Bass's now famous interview with Citibank and...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/18/2011
The Role of Ecosystems in Driving Innovation
An ecosystem in nature is a biological community composed of groups of organisms together with the...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/15/2011
What's Your Idea - building a grass roots innovation pipeline
Ideas come from many places. Employees and customers are an obvious source. But how can we create a...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/13/2011
Innovation - anticipating the forces of change
In a previous blog - the Gentle Art of Innovation - we implied that innovation was a process - more...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/12/2011
Standards & Algo’s: Innovation or Control?
The SEC is socializing the notion of standards in the world of algorithms. Throttles, brakes, back...
Author: Matt Bienfang- Industry Solutions Manager Date: 02/08/2011
Financial Reform - the impact on technology
Many financial firms see meeting compliance as one of their biggest challenges for 2011. Dodd-Frank...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/07/2011
Me and My Avatar
A friend of mine - a very senior banker - just flew in from Sydney to stay with us. As we talked...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/05/2011
Cloud computing – the invisible revolution
Wherever we look today we see new leaps in technology. Many of them are very visible, such as...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 02/04/2011
The Gentle Art of Innovation
Markets are changing faster than ever and disruption is a growing challenge for banks. An article...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/30/2011
The Next Generation of Traders: Can We Meet Their Needs Today?
A recent conversation with one of the worlds most influential trading desks netted the question,...
Author: Matt Bienfang- Industry Solutions Manager Date: 01/28/2011
T- commerce - the Big Screen Makes a Comeback
My early memories of TV involved black and white screens and rabbit ear antennae. Three main TV...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/26/2011
Building the Relationship Bank
We are in earnings season again, and many banks are reporting flat or weak revenues. After a...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/23/2011
Avatars, Algorithms and Attention Spans - Voyages Across the Internet
It's 7.30 am Friday morning. In the office snatching moments between messages. A cup of Joe...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/21/2011
The Bank of the Future - Getting it Right First Time
There's a certain level of risk involved in investing branches with new technology. If the goal is...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/19/2011
The Office of the Future
I bumped into one of my colleagues, Dave, the other day in the office. I was surprised to see him...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/17/2011
The Bank of the Future
New regulation and technology begs the question what will the bank of the future be? Banking has...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/15/2011
Sustainability - The Ultimate Systemic Imperative
The first decade of this century has been the warmest on record, while those of us who live in the...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/14/2011
Conversations without Walls - The Future of Bank Channels
Bank channels are often separate and rarely equal. They are also transaction focused and have...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/10/2011
The Future of Client Communications
My 80 year old father recently sent me a letter. He had been trying to master email, but finally...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/09/2011
System-on-a-Chip - a new wow from Vegas
The history of computing is one of more and more power using less and less space with an ever more...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/06/2011
Lessons from Pirate Radio
Almost fifty years ago, pirates controlled the airways. In 1964 a radio station called Radio...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 01/04/2011
A Phenomenal Period of Disruption
The law of accelerated returns says the rate of technological growth is exponential. Instead of 100...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 12/30/2010
Selling to a Market of One
Tougher markets encourage deeper, more profitable customer relationships. The need for banks to...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 12/27/2010
Reflections on a Year of Change
2010 has been a game-changing year for technology. Slates, smartphones, 4G networks, user interfaces...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 12/27/2010
Banking and Wiki Leaks – living in a more transparent society
Wiki Leaks may be the next systemic risk banks face. At a time when we must become more...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 12/20/2010
The Retail Bank of the Future – redefining the role of branches
In an era when one in five relationships begins online, some have questioned the future of branches....
Author: David S. Cox Date: 12/16/2010
Windows Phone 7 - a phone for the consumer and the enterprise
The new generation of smartphones has been very popular with consumers. As many consumers are also...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 12/16/2010
The Future ATM
We are experiencing a game changing leap in the technology of user interfaces. Virtual key pads...
Author: David S. Cox Date: 12/10/2010
The Future of Financial Services
By David Cox In recent years we have seen enormous changes, but we are only at the beginning of a...
Author: Gloria Vargas Date: 11/04/2010
Analytics and the Cloud
When we talk about Cloud with our peers in the Industry, the conversation immediately goes to the...
Author: Gloria Vargas Date: 11/04/2010