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Will social networks finally pay on their promises?

November 15, 2009

Analysis of:Holiday shoppers' search extends to social media | www.moneycontrol.com

Social networks, like MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others, are about to be seen as an interesting target audience for marketing purposes. Will this be a first step into a new area of marketing campaigns?

Hackers in the banking world: hate or love?

October 14, 2009

Analysis of:Banking Trojan steals money from under your nose | news.cnet.com

Customers are facing serious risks in the online payment world.. Banks have a huge challenge to manage this in the future, not only internally with getting experts on board. Also the customer itself is an important target to educate.

Measurement of performance internally or externally, what's the difference?

August 15, 2009

Analysis of:Six out of 10 CIOs don't measure outsourcing financial effect | www.cio.co.uk

Survey amongst over 600 CIO's shows a lack of insight in the costs and benefits of outsourcing IT. CIO's reporting into CFO's are blamed for this, but did they knew the costs and benefits before they started outsourcing? Large companies tend to forget their history...

Fortis Has To Sail Through Stormy Weather...

September 29, 2008

Analysis of:Fortis Says Financial Position Solid As Shares Fall | www.bloomberg.com

Last days the rumors around Belgian/Dutch bank Fortis play down on Fortis future. Will the pacifying words from both the board members, central bankers and ministers help them survive?

ING Is Setting New Borders In Europe For Themselves

September 18, 2008

Analysis of:ING acquire Oyak Emeklilik | www.bankingtimes.co.uk

ING (NYSE: ING) is extending its European borders seeking new, growing markets to compensate for the saturated home markets, where they are in fierce competition. Will Turkey and Ukraine follow Poland's example?

Technology push at US financial firms coming up?

September 17, 2008

Analysis of:US Financial Firms Embrace SMS | www.bankingtimes.co.uk

Are US financial firms becoming more client oriented then before? Is their another technology push coming in?

Is JP Morgan Chase about to begin a new start with payments processing?

September 16, 2008

Analysis of:JP Morgan Chase to bring payment systems back in house | www.cio.co.uk

JP Morgan Chase and First Data decided to split up after having a joint venture for payments processing. JP Morgan Chase probably is convinced that the execution on their own will offer more opportunities (i.e. driving cost down).

The Biggest Fear of Traditional Retail Banks...

September 15, 2008

Analysis of:Tesco announces plans to enter retail banking | www.bankingtimes.co.uk

Whilst SEPA in their future landscape is already an unpredictable outcome, the real biggest fear for banks are the big retailers and other owners of a massive client base. Why? Read more!

Roll the dice on Google or Microsoft....?

September 15, 2008

Analysis of:Google's Office Intrigue | www.forbes.com

No one can predict the future, but at least there is a market pitch for challenger Google. Understimation of this big player can put Microsoft on a stand still or even worse.

Can the Open Source Community in the IT Arena Beat the Giants?

September 12, 2008

Analysis of:Open source after the M&A honeymoon | news.cnet.com

The different players in the open source community choose their strategy and the IT giants, like Microsoft or even Google in the end, will suffer from this, won't they? The open source community, with an vast amount of free capacity, bring together millions of IT professionals all around the world. They benefit from high bandwidth internet and love to challenge the IT giants.

Santander and German's Postbank: The next consolidation wave has started...

September 11, 2008

Analysis of:Santander Said to Revive Talks on Postbank Purchase | www.bloomberg.com

After the recent announcement of the Commerzbank AG buying Dresdner bank from Allianz SE, again a new take over in the commercial and retail banking area is on target. Taken the Single European Payments Area (SEPA) into consideration and the uptake this will bring in this market, the consolidation of banks in Europe is (again) about to begin.

HR Outsourcing in India: Really something new?

September 8, 2008

Analysis of:HR outsourcing gaining steam | www.hindu.com

The personell market in India is becoming more tight. Despite major numbers of graduates flushing the market, the real potential for international jobs is estimated far lower then the actual number of graduates. Bearing this mind makes the HR outsourcing industry a booming market for the future, as it is in mature markets already.

Will ING open next Central Eastern Europe home market?

July 21, 2008

Analysis of:ING get approval for Ukrainian life insurance | www.bankingtimes.co.uk

After some hesitation in the past ING is ready to step up the next Central Eastern European market place. After successful entrance of their perceived third European home market Poland (after the Netherlands and Belgium), ING is now ready for the next phase.

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