There’s a great deal of discussion and debate around what will ultimately happen to banking as a result of the massive changes in connectivity, utility, mobility and customer experience taking place right now. One thing is for sure, the world is changing. We see PayPal owning online payments, with others like Stripe hot on their [...]
The Modality Shift of Banking – Part 4
July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Widening Gap between Behavior and Capability In 1980 the average bank in the developed world would receive a visit from a customer once or twice a month, making an average of 20-25 times a year. As ATM machines started to emerge, by the end of the 80s average branch visits per customer were already [...]
Your Internet Banking sucks…
August 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
Is it just me or have you noticed that the pages behind the login for your bank haven’t changed much in the last 5 or 6 years?
The assumption that internet banking behind the login is about transactional costs savings for the bank is a very bad assumption. It assumes that customers are using the channel to save the bank money, when customers are actually using the channel for convenience and to increasingly engage the bank on the fundamentals of day-to-day banking. The increase of online banking usage just doesn’t want to slow down because of this behavioral shift, and unless banks understand and adapt to this shift, their internet banking platforms will increasingly isolate customers who want more convenience and control.
Internet banking fundamentals are going to have to change, and change quickly to cope with the demands of the multi-channel customer of today and tomorrow.
Mobile Data Plans are all wrong…
June 15, 2010 By 3 Comments
In a Wired article back in 1993 George Gilder predicted that Bandwidth would eventually be free. I believe that bandwidth will eventually be so cheap that it is effectively free, but right now operators need to understand that charging for the pipe, and not the data is how they can both enable business and future revenue…
