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  • On Valuations And That “Bubble” Word

    July 3, 2014

    Business
    Business, Capital Access - Financing, Development Stage, Financial services, Initial public offering, London, Sam Altman, Venture capital
     

    There has been lots of discussions of late on whether or not we’re in the midst of a bubble that could result in another DotCom burst. Much of the discussion has been front-footed by those with vested interests –…

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  • Book Review–Bank 3.0

    February 14, 2013

    Business
    Bank, Bank 2.0, Bank 3.0, Brett King, Business, Facebook, Financial services, iphone
     

    I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about, talking with and sometimes consulting to organizations in what I think of as traditional sectors about how the rise of a new way of doing business, of communicating and of personalization…

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  • Banking 2.0 and The Future of Bank Branches

    November 16, 2012

    Business
    Automated teller machine, Banking Services, Banks and Institutions, Branch (banking), Business, Financial services, Richard Branson, Virgin Group
     

    As I’ve been talking to people around a particular interest area of mine – banking in the digital age – I’ve noticed an interesting cyclical progression. As digital technologies came to prominence in the 90’s, and banks looked for…

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  • CloudBeat 2012–Just Around the Corner

    August 14, 2012

    Business
    Business, cloud computing, CloudBeat, Financial services, Paul, Paul Miller, San Francisco, venturebeat
     

    November sees me winging my way to the US not once, but twice. The end of the month sees me once gain team up with friend and colleague Paul Miller to help VentureBeat with the content for their CloudBeat…

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  • Numerix and Greenbutton and High Performance Cloud for the Financial Industry

    June 18, 2012

    Business
    cloudcomputing, Financial services, greenbutton, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Excel, Numerix
     

    I’ve written before about Greenbutton, that time using them as an example of a cloud computing delivering compelling benefits to customers – their focus at that time was evangelizing their plug in for video rendering that allowed users of…

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  • More on Banking 2.0–Who Ya Gonna Trust?

    April 26, 2012

    Business
    Apple, Bank, banking 2.0, Business, Financial services, google, M-Pesa, Nokia Siemens Networks
     

    I’ve been writing now for a few years about Banking 2.0 – a general term that I use to describe what financial services will look like when it discovers open, social, API enablement, mobile and all the other business…

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  • Social Media Doesn’t Constitute Banking 2.0–Apple and Google Get That

    April 12, 2012

    Business
    Apple, Business, Financial institution, Financial services, google, social media
     

    While I was at SXSW last month I attended a panel (yes I know attending panels at SXSW is rare!)entitles Financial Services & Technology Rockstar Women. The panel promised to allow attendees to “Hear from global financial services and…

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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