The CIO and executive vice-president of newly formed Yapi Kredi tells Dan Barnes of the challenges involved in successfully merging the IT systems of two banks with divergent platforms and cultures.

In the first of our quarterly 2015 series, The Banker takes a look at what retail banking will look like in eight years’ time. Stephen Timewell explains who the winners and losers will be.

Corporates that create supply chains with highly flexible supply routes will find they are part of larger global chains and reap
the economic advantages, says Dan Barnes.

According to a report by the Pelorus Group, payment volumes for contactless, mobile and biometric payments will rise to $400bn by 2011 from today’s measly $27bn. This misses the real point, which is that traditional payment mechanisms are rapidly becoming obsolete.

Dan Barnes canvasses the views of senior technologists within the banking industry on the innovation challenges they are preparing for during the remainder of this year.

The use of mobile phones for banking and payments is growing worldwide, nowhere more so than in the rural areas of countries untouched by traditional banking channels. Stephen Timewell and Wendy Atkins report.

Why is the record for innovation so bad among banks? Karina Robinson investigates.

“Phishing” attacks and improvements in ID fraud prevention were the two key topics discussed at The Banker’s Identity Fraud Round Table in London on 5 December, chaired by Contributing Editor Michael Imeson.

Office space design has changed little in the past 100 years, despite the invention of the internet and radical changes in communications. But now virtual reality is offering an alternative to the physical work environment, writes >Dan Barnes.

As much as products and services are standardised, customers in different locations do not bank the same way. Joseph DiVanna explains the 10 regional attitudes to retail banking.