Branch Showcase: ING Pumpkin - NAB Test Lab - Robot Greeter

“This big portfolio of 10 branch design projects from around the world includes 32 photos and two videos — everything from robot greeters and Star Trek-style touchscreens to pumpkin themes and tellerless cafés”

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What we are reading … 20th February 2013

Mobile Money Opens Up New Opportunities for Mozambique's Small and Medium Businesses http://shar.es/Yif8q

OrderNow: Life Inside A Payments Startup http://dld.bz/ch4mN

Regulator: Many Britons receiving poor advice from banks http://dld.bz/ch4mF

Whats Up with Innovation http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7382

JPMorgan Chase Endures Website Outage http://dld.bz/chUFa

Nigeria's GT Bank Launches 'social banking' on Facebook http://shar.es/YifA4

How Small Businesses Can Evaluate Security Risks http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7388

Mobile Banking, not my cup of tea... http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7391

Javelin Strategy Announces Top Ten Trends in Banking, Payments, Mobile and Security for 2013 http://shar.es/YACj3

Banks looking to do business in China may want to shore up their cyber defences

“Hackers tied to China's military have stolen data from hundreds of U.S. companies, including financial firms, over the past six years, some American computer security researchers have charged.

Since 2006, the group, dubbed APT1, has swiped business plans, technology blueprints, manufacturing processes, testing results, pricing documents, emails and contact lists, and network user credentials from at least 141 companies in 20 industries in 15 countries, including 115 victims in the U.S., according to a report published Tuesday by Mandiant, a digital security firm."

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Amid the Innovation Hubbub, Are We Forgetting Risk Management?

“For traditional banks, the alternative innovation channels of financial services engender an equal mixture of fear and indifference. To the big, massive capital-intensive and capital-rich banks, tablet banking, for example, resembles something akin to an annoying house fly. That the old lady may or may not swallow.” 

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‘Banking Hours’ Rendered Moot by Mobile Banking: Deloitte

The old term 'banking hours' has been rendered moot by mobile technology, as financial customers expect to access their account information 24/7 from their home, office or smartphones. Financial institutions, keen to grab their share of what is expected to become a $400 billion industry by 2015, are developing mobile initiatives which can reduce costs, increase revenue and create a more integrated user experience for their customers.

What we are reading … 19th February 2013

Mobile Banking Users to Exceed 1 billion in 2017, Representing 15% of Global Mobile Subscribers http://dld.bz/ch4k9

Will You Be Ready When Mobile Wallets Turn Banking Upside Down? http://bit.ly/XDTNqu

U.S. Judge Dismisses ATM Fee Collusion Lawsuits http://twb.io/ZcTDLJ

Kenya: Treasury to formulate new rules on mobile money tax http://shar.es/YAjFZ

FDIC Explains Social Media Guidance http://dld.bz/ch4kC

Visa's Mobile Money Play Portends a Larger Push for the Unbanked http://dld.bz/ch4kA

MiFID II is coming http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7376

Mobile banking helps to empower Tanzanian women

“The ability to exchange money and make payments with smartphones is placing power in the hands of women.

The GSMA mWomen Programme is working in combination with Bankable Frontier Associates (BFA) and Visa in five different countries in order to help to better use mobile banking to reach women who are underserved and whose needs can be directly met by this technology and its associated products.”

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