With somewhere between 40-70m underbanked in the United States alone, there are significant opportunities to re-think where these individuals fit in the banking landscape.
Since the introduction of the Durbin amendment the likelihood of more of this segment entering the mainstream banking sphere is further reduced. How will mobile payments and pre-paid debit cards effect this [...]
Tags: BANK 2.0, credit card, debit card, Mobile, NFC, phone, prepaid, subscriber, unbanked, underbanked
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March 3rd, 2011
At Finovate Europe last week we saw a lot of what I would generally classify as “me too” PFM efforts. While there were a few stand out examples, such as Meniga and Linxo, I don’t think these platforms are robust enough for where we are going. This says a lot I know, because most banks [...]
Tags: BANK 2.0, banking, customer, finance, flipboard, infographic, internet, ipad, manager, Mobile, PFM, relationship
Continue Reading | 14 Comments | February 8th, 2011
In 2010 we had a bunch of innovative ideas become mainstream and start to impact the banking arena (for a full coverage see my post in Huffington.) However, 2011 promises to be more disruptive because as the economy finally starts to warm up, we’ll be seeing a lot of new private equity investment into start-ups [...]
Tags: 3 Phases, apple, BANK 2.0, BankSimple, disruption, google, internet, Jack Dorsey, Lending Club, Mobile, Movenbank, NFC, P2P, Square, Twitter, Zopa
Continue Reading | 2 Comments | December 29th, 2010
This is the banking literary event of the year! Sponsored by Sapient, Geezeo, Marshall Cavendish and organized by Success Inc make sure you are in New York at the Roosevelt hotel this Thursday the 29th of July.
Bank 2.0 is the bestselling book on the future of banking which examines changing consumer behavior, the impact [...]
Tags: BANK 2.0, launch, New York, press, Roosevelt Hotel
Continue Reading | 2 Comments | July 27th, 2010
As the UK release date for BANK 2.0 rapidly approaches (just 6 days to go), I’m flattered to see that the book is getting some blog traction and some mindshare in the EU. Here are a few links to some nice pieces on BANK 2.0 and covering my blog…
Thanks to Usability-Freunde.de, Bank-Zweinull.de, Banca due zero, Cyberlibris, Social Banking 2.0 (Lochmaier), Bankervision!
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