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Commercial Banking: Nonbanks are Your Biggest Threat August 14 2018 Blog Bob Meara
I attended a webinar recently focused on the topic of integrated receivables. One comment made during the webinar caught my attention. It was an…
Are You Facing a Legacy Challenge in Cards? Download our Report or Join a Webinar August 13 2018 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
This summer I spent quite a bit of time digging into the question of how cards players are addressing the legacy challenge: dealing with the main…
Featured Analyst: Karen Monks July 31 2018 Blog Karen Monks
Karen Monks started her career as a financial analyst but a job in management consulting ultimately led her to life insurance operations and tec…
Five Reasons Banks Should Re-think Remote Cash Capture July 25 2018 Blog Bob Meara
Cash remains as relevant in retail as it has ever been. Although slowly declining as a percentage of point of sale transactions, the amount of ca…
Connected Corporate Banking: What’s Your Legacy? July 24 2018 Blog Patricia Hines
In 2017 Celent published its leading-edge Connected Corporate Banking series, identifying the digital strategies transforming corporate banking a…
Place Yourself at the Center of Customer Engagement July 18 2018 Blog Alenka Grealish
How can banks position themselves to be at the center of customer engagement and avoid being squeezed out by nimble incumbents, digital giants, a…
A Recap of #TFITS, Part 2: Getting Ready for the API Evolution in Japan July 12 2018 Blog Eiichiro Yanagawa
About TFITS Tokyo Financial Information & Technology Summit (TFITS) is the only event in Japan dedicated to IT, data, and operations executives f…
The Bank of the Future July 08 2018 Blog Stephen Greer
A couple weeks ago I attended Tearsheet’s Bank of the Future conference in New York.It was an inaugural event which brought together a strong gro…
Featured Analyst: Craig Beattie June 29 2018 Blog Craig Beattie
Craig Beattie, like many of the talented and gifted folks in insurance, arrived in the industry by accident, joining a startup looking to auction…
Money20/20 Europe in Seven Quotes June 14 2018 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
Last week I spent three very productive and exciting days in Amsterdam, at Money20/20 Europe. Now, I am a Money20/20 “veteran” – I’ve been going…
Featured Analyst: Neil Katkov June 13 2018 Blog Neil Katkov
Neil Katkov, a California native who lived in Japan for 20 years, oversees Celent’s Risk Management & Compliance segment, which covers all financ…
A Recap of ABF's Retail Banking Forum: Overcoming Middle-Income Traps June 13 2018 Blog Eiichiro Yanagawa
Digital transformation as an opportunity The topic being discussed most nowaday is “Opportunities and Challenges of Digital Transformation in Sou…
Withdrawing cash in the age of digital June 13 2018 Blog Stephen Greer
Digital is pervasive. Ask a bank to characterize the financial behavior of a millennial and it’s unlikely the branches will even be mentioned. Th…
Moon Landings in AI June 12 2018 Blog Alenka Grealish
Why is realizing the cognitive corporate bank possible now? After decades of work in academia and labs, significant AI breakthroughs have been ac…
Setting Expectations for Digital Customer Origination June 11 2018 Blog Bob Meara
For starters, nothing in this blog post should be misconstrued to defend digital inaction; quite the contrary. Many banks should double down on d…