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  Banking in the Flat World  
 
The term Flat World is often used to describe the paradigm shift taking place in the world as a result of the confluence of technology, globalization, demographics and regulation. This new world order has significant implication on the competitiveness of banks. We discuss what banks must do to compete and win in a Flat World. Thomas Friedman describes this new world order as the Flat World.
  
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Feature
Innovation: Financial Services in a Brave New World
TowerGroup Take-Aways Financial Services Institutions (FSIs) steeped in managing risk prudently, have embedded barriers to innovation.Companies in adjacent business domains readily absorb pioneering advanced technologies, products, and services; to surpass FSIs in creative momentum for customer value. FSIs must tap into the creative momentum that is building externally.
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Kaleidoscope
Banking on BRIC
The significance of the four largest developing countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China - collectively referred to as the BRIC economies, stems not only from their size, but also from their unique ability to provide products and services competitively business accounts to gain legitimate access to consumer data.
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Tech Watch
SOA Implementation in the Transaction Banking Domain
The transaction banking domain faces competitive pressures to...
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Inside Talk
Banking on Specialization
Over the past decade, the UniCredit Group has dramatically transformed from a local italian bank
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First Look
The World is Flat: The Globalized World in the Twenty-First Century
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Thomas Friedman in his much-
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