Today's financial services institutions face the ongoing challenges of risk management and payment fraud in a rapidly changing global-technological environment. Are these merely symptoms of a looming … [Read More...]
All banks have some form of strategy; what separates great performing banks from their less successful counterparts is how they execute the implementation of their strategic efforts and how they … [Read More...]
Technology is redefining how financial service providers interact with customers. To date the provider has been in control; however, the relationship with customers is about to take a drastic change … [Read More...]
The intrinsic significance of money is relative to society’s perception of what is valuable. This lecture takes an informative but light hearted look at the nature of money, how society values money … [Read More...]
Why are some organizations exciting places to work? Why are some employees empowered to make decisions, why is innovative thinking part of a group culture, resulting in quantum leaps in productivity? … [Read More...]
Long before subprime found its way into everyday conversation The Banker and Maris Strategies ran a story on corporate governance, called How to Run a Bank, which generated huge interest from readers, who rang in asking if they could buy a copy of the book. With the financial meltdown continuing its inexorable progress, The Banker’s…
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Using statistics compiled for his publication of The Banker magazine’s Top 500 Islamic Financial Institutions, this lecture is an analytical review of the trends, growth, performance, volume, profitability, and major issues of Islamic finance as an industry. An analysis of 1,105 institutions offering Shariah financial services is presented as a topology to understand the evolving…
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From his forthcoming book, Joseph DiVanna examines how banks are using a wide range of technologies to reach their customers but consistently fail to learn which banking services customers really want. Most banks simply buy technology without really understanding what is driving their customers’ behaviours. Using examples from around the world, Joe DiVanna argues that…
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During the past five years, Islamic banking has enjoyed a renaissance, hailed as the biggest phenomenon in banking in the last century. Now, the party is over. Rising competition, social unrest coupled with the effects of global financial crisis are being felt in domestic markets resulting in a slow down in the growth rate of…
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