All articles by Patrick Brusnahan
Patrick Brusnahan
Patrick is the editor of Private Banker International and Life Insurance International. You can reach him at patrick.brusnahan@verdict.co.uk
PayPal joins top financial service brands while HSBC stumbles
Once again, financial service brands reported an above average increase in brand value, according to the Interbrand Top 100 2015. This was boosted by the addition of a new firm to the top 100, PayPal, taking the number of financial brands in the table to twelve. Patrick Brusnahan investigates
Bank of Ireland launches new mobile banking apps using Intelligent Environments Interact platform
Intelligent Environments has signed a partnership with Bank of Ireland to power the mobile banking apps for the UK Post Office and AA credit cards.
Agiliti signs its first client
Agiliti from Fiserv, the technology platform for challenger banks, has signed its first client, Manchester-based Think Money
VocaLink and TCH sign letter of intent for real-time payments
VocaLink, the UK-based international payment systems provider, has signed a letter of intent with The Clearing House (TCH), the oldest banking association and payments company in the United States, to help build and deliver core elements of TCHs new real-time payment system for the United States.
We need to earn the right to be profitable
In the Digital Banking Clubs latest debate, experts coming from established banks, start-ups and technology vendors debated the issue of profitability in banking. Should banks target customers just because they are profitable or should they make existing customers profitable? Patrick Brusnahan writes
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How to bring innovation to market
With the myriad of fintech and start-up companies entering the financial field, it becomes harder for people to predict which ones will make the grade and which will fall off the radar. No businesses, particularly banks, will invest in something that will disappear in 18 months. Patrick Brusnahan writes
Thirteen more banks join Blockchain partnership
Thirteen top-tier banks, including HSBC, and Mitsubishi UFJ, have joined a consortium to figure out a framework for using blockchain technology.
YBS introduces financial advice via video
Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has become the first major building society in the UK to introduce video conferencing with its customers within working hours outside of a branch
Virgin Money refusing to lounge about
While a common thread in retail banking is either the stripping down of bank branches, or a shuttering of them entirely, Virgin Money has decided to take a new approach. The launch of the lenders Virgin Money Lounges is trying to bring a cushier experience to brick-and-mortar banking. Patrick Brusnahan writes
Fidor opens its online doors in the UK
Ahead of UK-based challengers, Germany-based Fidor Bank has launched in the UK offering a current account and savings bonds.