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All banks have the same strategy | what happened to the Starbucks strategy?
It was refreshing to read this piece, and takes us exactly where innovation in financial services ought to be going – the new (old) grand ideas. Starbucks should start banking | FT What if Starb… more →
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All banks have the same strategy | what happened to the Starbucks strategy?
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Colin Henderson wrote 6 months ago: It was refreshing to read this piece, and takes us exactly where innovation in financial services ou … more →
Comment on "Beyond the age of leverage: new banks must arise" | Niall Ferguson
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Colin Henderson wrote 9 months ago: Niall Ferguson nails the ultimate irony in the world today. Every government is set on increasing d … more →
Banks | time to be afraid
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Colin Henderson wrote 1 year ago: Mint has officially joined my list of top disruptive services in financial services. Till now, I onl … more →
A complete stranger told me ... | The power of wesabe
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Colin Henderson wrote 1 year ago: A sobering and powerful post on the power of social media for financial services. [hat tip mmpartee] … more →
How much about the approach to Branchless Banking is driven by incorrect assumptions?
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Colin Henderson wrote 1 year ago: Johan picked up on my post about mobile loans, but interestingly pointed to an Economist article in … more →
"Credit crisis has given social lending a friendly pat on the back" | Economist
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: Brief but succint article on social lending summarises the interesting fork in the financial service … more →
BofA dips toe in web 2.0 water | needs help
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: BofA are very conservative about this kind of thing, so its a big deal that they are at least trying … more →
BMO first in laying the groundwork to mitigate against sub prime
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: I have been awaiting specifics on how the sub prime crisis would impact Canada specifically, a … more →
"The Upside of Down" | some thoughts on Banking
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: Over the last couple of weeks I have been reading ‘The Upside of Down‘, authored by Thom … more →
[2.6.22.12.18] an example of the incredible power of Open Source
Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: I have been running Linux for 6 months on my Thinkpad, and very happy with it. I had my first … more →
Alistair Darling signals the end of easy money
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: The British Chancellor of the Exchequer takes a stand on consumer credit. With this statement, … more →
What Banks need to expect when getting into social apps | TD Bank
Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: After the post on RBC p2p, a colleague pointed out this piece on the TD experience in FaceBook. … more →
How often does a bank ask you for your input? | RBC p2p
Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) are quietly intrducing a new site that I would place firmly in the social … more →
Sub-prime crisis | Back to basics, and the promise of social lending
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: The always clear and succint Economist sums up the current financial crisis in next weeks leader her … more →
Home Equity Share | high risk approach to online mortgage lending
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: New slant on Social Lending here from Home Equity Share, based in the US. The concept se … more →
Understanding Microblogging Usage and Communities
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: Here is an analytical paper, that develops empirical evidence on how and why people are moving towar … more →
Economy provides opportunity to differentiate between traditional lending and social lending
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: There is a general sentiment that a consumer credit crunch is coming to North America, in the wake o … more →
The 37-year-old real estate agent paid $1,800 to bump up his credit score
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: There is no end to creativity when it comes to credit. There is a new cottage industry driven … more →
Another 'web based platform' | Bebo signals plan to open up to developers
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Colin Henderson wrote 2 years ago: What a difference a day makes. This announcement from Bebo validates TechCrunch’s Duncan … more →
