Media-Insert Communications

Media-Insert Communications

The blog of Media-Insert Communications – featuring freelance P.R. and journalism links to the work of Graham A. Jarvis.

Editing, Journalism, Copywriting, and Public Relations

Category: Financial Services

  • Chris Skinner, Co-Founder of the Financial Services Club, writes in the Finanser that ‘Banks without a digital core will fail.’ But what does he mean? He says that data is the key to disruption, and most people will agree with his statement.

  • Anton Abashkin, Chief Operating Officer of VNX Venture Exchange, offers his view on the past and current trends in banking and financial services: “I think the last 5-10 years have been quite fruitful in terms of innovation and the whole notion of the digitalisation of banks and financial services has come along quite substantially. They…

  • However, Gary Martin, managing director of Click4Assistance, emphasises that chatbots are in their early development, and even though artificial intelligence is a much used buzzword in many industries today, he underlines that they “may not necessary be able to read between the lines, and detect that a customer is frustrated without them expressing exactly they…

  • …Gemma Baker, marketing at Click4Assistance, adds that many different types of organisataions have used live chat for different reasons, and it can benefit everyone – the banking and financial services companies and their customers. For example, “banks and loan providers can use it help with application processes or online account support. Whilst building societies and…

  • Venture Exchange (VNX) wants to make it simple and affordable for any VC investor or accelerator to make their investment portfolios liquid – and thus access more capital; this is while allowing almost anyone – be it large financial institutions or regular private investors – to invest in the future “Ubers” and “Teslas” of the…

  • So, what will the changing face of venture capitalists look like over the next ten years? In response Tkachenko says “it’s difficult to see the future of the venture capital industry. At the moment, we are developing a platform on blockchain that allows VC funds or accelerators to issue tokens that are linked to the…

  • Alexander Tkachenko and Nigel Green discuss the potential impact of cryptocurrencies on the future of venture capital. To many, cryptocurrencies and blockchain are the latest trend in venture capital markets. Founder of Venture Exchange (VNX-io), Alexander Tkachenko, doesn’t agree though. He explains that cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, are often being used to fund…

  • David Smith, chief executive of Global Futures and Foresight says the need to grow and attract digital talent in the insurance industry is not really so much about competition between the different players. The competition that is hotting-up is between insurers and other players – typically with those within the Fintech space, whom aren’t from…

  • Martin Häring, chief marketing officer at Finastra, says there has been “a significant turnaround in banks’ attitudes to the use of cloud in financial services over the last few years – and there’s no doubt this is being driven in part by PSD2 and open banking.”

  • The move being made to make insurance digitally attractive investigated by Graham Jarvis. Published by TU Automotive magazine on 27th April 2019.