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PingIt closes…
Well, Barclays have finally put the final nail in the coffin of PingIt.
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My Open Banking thoughts in The Sunday Times supplement, Raconteur
A journalist from the Sunday Times Supplement, Raconteur asked me to opine on some perspectives of Open Banking, from a technology and customer experience perspective. Here’s a link to the piece: Read the article here
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Event: Insurance: Information Age round table
Today I was a panellist for a round table hosted by Information Age, to talk about the role of Digital Transformation in Insurance. Shared some really interesting discussions with a group of industry experts from some of the big players in the sector, and it’s exciting to say that Insurance really is a sector ripe for…
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My thoughts on the current state of Open Banking, for the Institute of Chartered Accountants
I was asked to comment on Open Banking by a journalist working with the Institute of Chartered Accountants. This is a brief transcript of that conversation. Interestingly, we’ve also had contact this afternoon from a business looking to do EXACTLY what we’ve suggested in question 4… great minds and all that. Open Banking has been…
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Metaphorical design
Kanye West loves a bit of news, doesn’t he? And so does his Yeezy brand. The new (upcoming) website for Yeezy Supply comes with a playful, game-like interface which matches clothes to ‘characters’. Those characters have a. ful backstory, even down to their favourite food. The article goes into more detail about the creative process,…
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Join our webinar: Innovation in health care
Our next webinar is this coming Thursday and we’re thrilled to be joined by Giovanna Forte, CEO FORTE MEDICAL LIMITED and Nick Chiarelli, Head of Trends UNLIMITED. We’ll be discussing why now is a great time for #innovation, identifying opportunities in the #digital #health space and implementing solutions at speed. Sign up here to join…
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How valuable is your product work… really?
We often hear complaints from designers and businesses of ‘they don’t understand the value of UX…’ When quizzed, the response is usually ‘it’ll provide a better user experience… and that’s got to make the product better and therefore worth more.’ That’s a fine hypothesis. But it’s not a business case. To the business, the product…
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Teams: Better Together?
Today, Microsoft announced ‘Together’ mode in Teams. A lot of us have been using videoconferencing software to a vastly increased degree since lockdown, so it’s not surprising to see a product focus on opportunistic features in what appears to be a long-term market behaviour change. However, what’s interesting about this one is that it’s not…
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Clever (terrifying) use of ‘Big Data’ to counteract Covid-19
it’s very clever… maybe. Depends how it was achieved and how people were ‘identified’. What’s scary is the line ‘A city official said 355,000 people had been identified for testing using ‘big data’ but did not say how’. However, if it ends up saving lives and stemming the second wave of the virus in Beijing,…
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Sign of the times
This dropped through the door today. It’s significant. Why? Because it’ll GO THROUGH A NORMAL LETTERBOX! I remember when The Phone Book was the ultimate test of a man’s strength. Only Geoff Capes and Giant Haystacks could tear one in half. Nowadays, however…