Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2024

When it comes to tech innovations, the banking sector is usually ahead of the curve. Banks are buzzing with excitement over Gen AI, and its future in the sector looks even brighter. Banks are buzzing with excitement over Gen AI, and its future in the sector looks even brighter.

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Banking Data Trends Analysis 88

Harvard Business

MARCH 8, 2017

This initial lack of commercial players and interests was critical — it allowed the formation of a network architecture that shared resources in a way that would not have occurred in a market-driven system. The “killer app” for the early internet was email; it’s what drove adoption and strengthened the network.

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Media Banking Financial System 189

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

It also says Ukraine''s central bank is to close down all banking services - including card operations - in some areas within a month. I picked this up from ZeroHedge Ukrainians Line Up to Withdraw Money from a Bank in Donetsk. Human Rights Violations Here''s some additional details on Poroshenko''s Bank Servicing Decree.

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Banking Operations Policies Government 78

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In the previous article , we looked at how banks make money and how they must meet capital requirements. In this article, we will explore the importance of profitability ratios and valuation metrics that are crucial when analyzing banks. We will examine each in turn. That is, net interest income divided by assets.

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Metrics Banking Balance Sheet Efficiency 88

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Today we launch a killer combo that every consulting wanna be needs in their repertoire – our online Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – combining forces to rule over the consulting interview jungle! Starting today you can get BOTH for the price of the Consulting Case Bank.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Despite many current applications being small-scale pilot projects, the promise of Gen AI to revolutionise banking operations and enhance customer experiences is becoming clear. Real-time market analysis There is a rich potential for Gen AI tools to considerably assist in strategic decision-making.

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Banking Financial Operations Data 78

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Smart, always-connected devices and anytime/anywhere interactions are now givens, particularly among millennials, who expect such conveniences in banking and financial services. Mapping this group to its customer base, the bank can make targeted offers to customers who could be in the home or auto market in the next 30 to 90 days.

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Banking Data Financial Media 116

BCG

JULY 5, 2016

For all the angst over the disruptive impact of financial technology providers, the smart money in corporate banking sees fintechs as strategic allies, not enemies. Over the past decade, the fintech market has become a hotbed of customer-centric banking innovation.

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Banking Small Business Finance Operations 75

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Learning how consulting firms operate can help you better understand what you would do as an analyst. Your business just launched a new product and needs to market it. Market trends have changed, and you want to make sure the product will reach the correct target customer. How do Consulting Firms Work?

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Operations Consulting Boston Consulting Group Industry 88

Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

The financial services industry comprises firms that operate across a range of sectors: Asset & Wealth Management, Banking & Capital Markets, and Insurance. In simple terms, asset management firms are the ‘manufacturers’ of investment products (e.g., clients can purchase iShares on the RBC Wealth platform).

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Banking Management Real Estate Insurance 78

Tom Spencer

JUNE 16, 2018

Before we dive into why AI is the solution for the banking sector, let’s first explore what big tech companies have in common, how many of them have grown successfully, and what banks can learn. Usage of AI in the Banking Sector. Table 1: AI applications across Canadian and US banks (Source: Financial Post, Techemergence).

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Banking Financial Transportation Data 84

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. But according to The CMO Survey , only 8% of firms rate the use of blockchain in marketing as moderately or very important. This combination creates a natural barrier to entry and has likely caused marketers to take a “wait and see” approach.

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Marketing Advertising Media Video 129

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

The Business of Banking. Banks are intermediaries for capital and hold the risk when supply and demand is not perfectly balanced. Commercial Banking. A bank, on the other hand, can diversify this credit risk and reduce the average cost of vetting each loan by lending to many borrowers. Investment Banking.

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Banking Industry Balance Sheet Retail 12

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Just over 10 years ago, French bank BNP Paribas froze U.S. The market panicked. There was a run on British bank Northern Rock. Over the next year, many banks fell. Investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. We expect investment banks to embark on an even more fundamental makeover during the next decade.

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Banking Balance Sheet Financial Finance 71

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Oliver Wyman’s CEO, John Drzik, states that the long-term aspiration is to be recognized widely in the market as the gold standard in consulting. The firm offers consulting services including strategy, operations, risk management, organizational transformation, and leadership development. Corporate and Institutional Banking.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 29, 2020

The presence of money fears can be good if they act as alerts to be strategic about investments and with marketing and sales. In the past you operated in a compensation model where you do work and then get paid. When I started my business, I was a single mom with only $200 in the bank. It's just not smart marketing.

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Consulting How To Talent Training 177

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 29, 2020

Much less emphasis has been placed on developing tools suitable for emerging markets and the businesses in these economies. Obstacles in Emerging Markets. Emerging markets face a unique challenge when it comes to deploying technology to fight COVID-19 due to the large role that informal markets play in these economies.

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Marketing Boston Consulting Group Government Transportation 103

Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I asked my partner Jen Hamilton - our community Chief Operating Officer to be my guest today and share all the deets on the what you'll need and how much it all costs so that you can plan in advance for both the startup and ongoing costs. It matches the bank account. Other Marketing Pieces (16:36). It’s pretty simple.

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Consulting How To Insurance Insurance 296

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The consumer banking industry is notoriously difficult to enter, not least because most customers rarely switch banks. In some countries, people change spouses more often than they change banks. It has now become the largest bank in the country. ShutterWorx/Getty Images. Importantly, profits kept pace.

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Banking Industry Insurance Insurance 70

Harvard Business

JULY 28, 2016

Across Africa, banking is being redesigned. Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. While the banks compete among themselves, they face existential threats from amalgam of entities, not necessarily possessing bank licenses.

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Banking Industry Telecommunications Productivity 70

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

However, due to its rich history in the region, the firm knows the market deeper, better, and has the best government and private sector relationships. Specifically in the Middle East, EY is involved in Islamic Banking, GCC Digital Banking, M&A in the MENA regions, Mobile Banking options for GCC clients and much more.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Questions like this involving issues like politics, human rights, or equality often present themselves sooner or later for any business operating in global markets. Over the course of the last few decades, multinationals have entered and left “frontier markets” like Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Vietnam, Myanmar, and others.

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Government Financial Banking Operations 132

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It has been 10 years since the global financial crisis, and the fall-out continues in the industry that was at its epicenter: banking. There has been a truly dramatic retrenchment from foreign markets, making banking a rare case of an industry becoming less, rather than more, global. For some banks, the answer is simply: Yes.

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Banking Balance Sheet McKinsey Finance 71

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

My perspective and approach to misconduct risk are influenced by my work as a bank supervisor, and by my background and training as an economist. In my view, bank supervision must include attention to the culture at financial firms, not just to their financial safety and soundness. Market Failures and Misconduct Risk.

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Culture Company Financial Banking 133

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Digital currency may also help to lower transaction costs, and make it easier for central banks to intervene in the economy. While it is not explicitly used in the monetary system, it is widely held by central banks, and is easily convertible into cash. Trust and Confidence. With Bitcoin, this problem does not appear to exist.

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Banking Government Policies Financial 142

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2016

Strategic alignment, for us, means that all elements of a business — including the market strategy and the way the company itself is organized — are arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfillment of its long-term purpose. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was a flagship bank, feted for its stellar financial performance.

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Banking Film Strategy Strategy 132

Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2019

These asset classes can include public equities/stocks, fixed income/bonds, money markets, commodities, infrastructure, real estate and alternative strategies – including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital. As such, asset manager performance tends to be correlated with stock market performance. Franklin Resources.

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Industry Real Estate Management Retail 113

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2016

This disconnect is a major problem for the continuing development of efficient capital markets. Given their size and appetite for diversification, these gigantic investors are a significant source of financing for many companies and governments in the developed world, and their investment activities can and do move markets.

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Operations Finance Media Financial 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

They include new enterprises such as Orbian , Prime Revenue , C2FO , Taulia , and Ariba as well as new operations launched by traditional financial service firms such as Citi Group, HSBC, BNP Paribas, and Deutsche Bank. Operations in a Connected World. This improved working capital can be used to fund growth in new markets.

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Transportation Finance Financial Banking 129

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

A wide range of companies including Apple , Unilever , and Bank of America have issued green bonds in recent years, and the trend is likely to continue. How the stock market responds. New information is provided to the market on the announcement date, as opposed to the issue date. Improvements in financial performance.

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Company Financial Analysis Operations 128

Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

In the digital age, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to gain a competitive edge and streamline their operations. From enhancing customer experiences to optimizing decision-making processes, AI is reshaping the way businesses operate and opening up new possibilities for growth.

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Data Operations Efficiency System 147

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

But our interviews with board members and CEOs in the banking industry—and decades of research on experts and teams—point to three factors that can compromise the effectiveness of expert-dominated boards, at least in some circumstances. Common sense might suggest that the more experts, the better.

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Telecommunications Banking Industry Research 126

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Ever since the forced bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered the financial crisis 10 years ago, regulators, risk managers, and central bankers around the globe have focused on shoring up banks’ ability to withstand financial shocks. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images.

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Financial Banking System Resumes 130

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2017

On November 9, 2016, the shareholders of Australia’s largest company, and the world’s tenth-largest bank , revolted. Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care.

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Financial Banking Metrics Benchmarking 119

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2017

Eastman Kodak is the textbook case for failing to prioritize an innovation agenda; business schools around the world study the ramifications of the company’s ill-fated decision to ignore the digital photography market until it was too late. Its recent launch of Marcus , an online retail bank, is a particularly promising signal.

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Financial Industry Banking Company 134

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. Digital currency vs electronic banking. Another difference is that electronic banking involves interacting with the banking system.

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Banking Financial Government Retail 120

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. Since then, the government has created more than 300 million new, no-frills bank accounts. A year later, after demonetization, the same system is processing 76 million transactions per month.

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Government Banking System Policies 134