Leigh
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Bitcoin and Ripple – Searching for a good problem …
Written in 2015. Some of the context and technology landscape has changed since this was published, but the underlying argument holds. At the risk of sounding like I have an ‘unconscious bias’ against disruptive payments tech such as Bitcoin/Blockchain/Distributed Ledger, I have to say, at this stage I don’t believe that these technologies are ready…
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Is online banking dead?
Written in 2014. Some of the context and technology landscape has changed since this was published, this reflects thinking at the time. I must say that when I say online banking I mean desktop banking via a web browser. Its so 90’s but still our Banks force us into an online desktop experience that they…
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The Opportunity in Corporate Payments
Written in 2015. Some of the context and technology landscape has changed since this was published, this reflects thinking at the time. There is currently a significant amount of focus on consumer payments which is understandable given the success of ventures such as PayPal, and the enablement of consumers to make payments easily by way…
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What will Australia’s New Payments Platform (NPP) leave as roadkill?
Written in 2014. Some of the context and technology landscape has changed since this was published, this reflects thinking at the time. I must stress, before you start reading, this article then represents my own thoughts and no ‘corporate’ hypothesis. This Blog has been in draft for too long, and I’ve sought a fair degree…
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Same + Different = Different
Written in 2014. Some of the context and technology landscape has changed since this was published, but the underlying argument holds. I wrote a few weeks ago about ‘disruption‘ – insofar as the cloud impact on financial services and whether or not just having the cloud was disruptive. However it seems that this word ‘disruptive’ is…
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Do you really need BCP for Customer Payments?
Written in 2014. Some of the context and technology landscape has changed since this was published, this reflects thinking at the time. Do you think that a Business Continuity Process (BCP) is overly important? Sure, it was something that you needed but it was always the lowest common denominator. If you had robust and resilient…
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Disruptive Technology and the Cloud
Written in 2014. Some of the context and technology landscape has changed since this was published, but the underlying argument holds. I did a presentation recently in Sydney. It went pretty well, by that I mean I was happy with what I had to say (and so were others). The topic was “Innovation in Payments”…
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