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20 Rocking Reasons Why Startups Fail by CB Insights

Jan

3

2019

Before we get into the reasons why startups fail, i would like to sincerely Thank You for your support and wish you a Happy and Healthy 2019…! So, you’re probably wondering, why am i starting the year off with a post about failure?! Well, I want to ensure that 2019 is a successful year and ...

6 Unmissable 2019 AI Priorities for Corporates by PwC

Dec

13

2018

As industry and technology influencers speak and focus more and more on Artificial Intelligence (AI), it can be somewhat mind-boggling and confusing to make sense of it all. While there is lots of information about AI, it can be overwhelming when all you really want to know is what should be my 2019 AI priorities? ...

10 Awesome 2019 Retail Banking Trends by Capgemini 2

Nov

26

2018

Capgemini are renowned for their annual reports, the earlier World Payments Report 2018 and now the Top 10 Trends in Retail Banking 2019. In this post, i highlight the 10 Retail Banking Trends for 2019 through some pretty nifty infographics. 10 Awesome 2019 Retail Banking Trends 1.) BigTech companies are moving into banking and threatening ...

12 Practical Ways to Become Smarter in 1 Infographic

Sep

17

2018

Many of us are trying to get smarter and more effective in the way we work, rest and play. I am certainly trying! In order to achieve this i have been delving into various means and methods – one of the articles i came across was by the World Economic Forum – 12 ways to ...

A Quick Insight into Treasury Technology for Corporates 1

Jul

6

2018

The JP Morgan Treasury Insights section is worth a look, i recently read an interesting article on Treasury technology – Demystifying New Technologies in Treasury. Check out the article for full details, following are my quick notes. Adopting New Treasury Technology – The Challenges Of course, most organisations want to get rid of manual processes, ...

The Top Payments News Stories in June 2018

Jul

2

2018

We’re more than half way through the year, the World Cup is in full flow the UK is sweltering and payments news stories in June continue to heat up too. Check out the following top payments news stories for June 2018: 1. Payments News – Cyber Security FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Centre) launches ...

10 Sizzling Artificial Intelligence Trends for 2018 by PwC 2

Jun

7

2018

The world seems to be going Artificial Intelligence (AI) crazy! So in this post i thought i would cover the 10 Artificial Intelligence AI Trends highlighted by PwC for 2018. Its about 6 months old now, but the themes are relevant and i wanted to capture (for my own notes) the AI trends in layman ...

The Top Payments News Stories in May 2018

Jun

1

2018

Payments news stories in May highlighted cyber threats in Mexico, TSB IT issues lingered, PayPal partnerships, Ripple continued to sign-up new partners and banks pursued their respective digital transformation. And of course, it was the month in which GDPR went live. All in all, another crazy month in the world of payments. Check out the following ...

A Quick Introduction to APIs for Folks Interested in Open Banking 5

May

21

2018

APIs are at the heart of the PSD2 and Open Banking revolution, yet many folks don’t really know what APIs actually are. Its worth noting that web based APIs have been around since 2000. In this post, i share what i learnt about APIs, all of which i think is crucial to help you in your ...

Gartner Magic Quadrant Explained in about 5 Minutes

May

18

2018

I’m hearing a lot about the Gartner Magic Quadrant, so thought i would check it out. In this post, i share the absolute minimum that you need to know about the Gartner Magic Quadrant. What is the Gartner Magic Quadrant? In short, the Gartner Magic Quadrant is a graphical way to analyse and represent a particular ...