Chris Skinner

@FSClub and @Chris_Skinner
www.thefinanser.com
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Sweden
(Stockholm)

Norway
(Oslo)
Scotland
(Edinburgh)
Ireland
(Dublin)
England
(London)

Poland
(Warsaw)
Austria Slovakia
(Vienna) (Bratislava)
Becoming Digital is the challenge for all, as customers
demand new services focused upon 21st century
technologies. The challenge is that most of us are stuck
with systems built in the last century.
In this age of the mobile internet, where cloud computing
allows anyone to scale from small to big data and back
again, we are all wondering what to do to evolve our
businesses to this new model of servicing and processing.
This book provides the answers for a Digital Bank strategy
through the insights of one of the markets leading
practitioners providing case studies, knowledge and
opinion in order to show the way forward.
Digital Bank not only includes extensive guidance and
background on the digital revolution in banking, but also
in-depth analysis of the activities of incumbent banks such
as Barclays and new start-ups such as Metro Bank in the
UK, as well as disruptive new models of banking such as
Alior Bank in Poland and FIDOR Bank in Germany. Add on
to these a comprehensive sprinkling of completely new
models of finance, such as Zopa and Bitcoin, and you can
see that this book is a must-have for anyone involved in the
future of business, commerce and banking.
“Chris Skinner is simply one of the most brilliant minds in
banking, and he’s always an entertaining read.” The
Financial Brand commentary when awarding Chris
Skinner’s blog the Reader’s Best Banking Blog Award
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Life’s a glitch
Banking is a technology business
We have moved from control to chaos
How can banks handle IT?

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Life’s a glitch
Banking is a technology business
We have moved from control to chaos
How can banks handle IT?

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“It is just three years since we rolled
out our new internet banking
service, and yet we are replacing it
already.”
CIO, UK Bank

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It took 13 years to get two million
customers using Internet banking; it
took just two months to reach that
number for mobile banking.
Barclays Bank

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Banking is just
data
“Information about money has become
almost as important as money itself .”
Walter Wriston, CEO/Chair, 1967-1984

“Banking is just bits and bytes.”
John Reed, CEO/Chair, 1984-1998
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Life’s a glitch
Banking is a technology business
We have moved from control to chaos
How can banks handle IT?

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Mark Zuckerberg (facebook)
Mark Zuckerberg (facebook, 2009)
Mark Zuckerberg (facebook, 2012)
Mohamed Bouazizi
(Arab Spring)
Molly Katchpole
(Bank of America)
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Julian Assange (wikileaks)
Aaron Barr (HB Gary)
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The times, they are changing
1964

1994

1974

2004

1984

2014
Technology
1960s – 2000s

2000s+

Slow
Corporate
Secure
Simpler
Control

Fast
Consumer
Insecure
Complex
Chaos

… and banks are a technology business
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Bank Technology
1960s – 2000s

2000s+

If it isn’t broken,
don’t change IT.

It is broken,
how are you
going to change
IT.

© Chris Skinner. All rights reserved.
Life’s a glitch
Banking is a technology business
We have moved from control to chaos
How can banks handle IT?

© Chris Skinner. All rights reserved.
© Chris Skinner. All rights reserved.
© Chris Skinner. All rights reserved.
© Chris Skinner. All rights reserved.
Chris Skinner
Email:
chris.skinner@fsclub.co.uk
Website:
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www.thefinanser.com
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The Financial Services Club

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Life's a glitch

Editor's Notes