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Peer-to-peer banking - Trends in the Living Networks

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The principle is simple – you lend to individuals at interest rates based on their credit rating, and since you’re cutting out the bank as middleman, both lender and depositer get more attractive interest rates than they can get commercially. Banks are the archetypical intermediary, in this case between depositers and lenders.

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Sell-side banks become consultants - Trends in the Living Networks

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As such, the emerging domain of algorithmic trading – which largely automates trade execution – is in fact providing new ways for investment banks to create high-value relationships with the clients. However even greater value can be created by adding explicit value to clients’ decision-making processes.

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Lloyds TSB pilots social media - Trends in the Living Networks

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» Lloyds TSB pilots social media Ross Dawson, February 26, 2008 7:30 PM US PT James Gardner, head of innovation at Lloyds TSB, writes consistently on his blog Bankervision , disclosing some of the key issues involved in innovating in a major bank. Some excerpts from his below show how blogging can change how corporations work.

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How to make Facebook secure for organizational use: no more excuses! - Trends in the Living Networks

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For now it is being trialled in three large institutions, including a global retail bank with 70,000 staff that had received loud complaints from staff when it banned Facebook, and an investment bank that tried to implement an in-house social network based on Sharepoint that its employees didn’t use. So the excuses are running out.

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Interviews: Six important forces that will shape 2009 - Trends in the Living Networks

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Outsourcing used to be for banks and telcos. SAP White Paper: Service Delivery Innovation. White Paper: The Seven MegaTrends of Professional Services. Really Made" /> CNET/ University of Virginia White Paper: How Technology Purchasing Decisions Are Really Made. Outsourcing for the masses. Syndication.

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The Seven MegaTrends of Professional Services - Introduction - Trends in the Living Networks

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The paper has attracted a huge amount of interest, however up until now, it has only been available on sites requiring registration. The White Paper is now available for free download from this site (no registration required!) as a pdf here: The Seven MegaTrends of Professional Services. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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Liveblog: VMworld 2017 Day 1 Keynote

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From self-driving cars to digital banking and healthcare, technology is breaking out of the technology sphere and affecting all areas of business. ” reference, but the discussion focuses on how Capital One sees itself as a technology company that is also a bank. He very much glossed over the announcement.) Microsegmentation.

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