All articles by Billy Bambrough
Billy Bambrough
What have we learnt at Bitfin? A sobering experience
Dublin based Bitcoin conference Bitfin, a panel heavy event with big Bitcoiners from around the world, has called time following a whirlwind appearance by broadcaster and financial pundit Max Keiser. Billy Bambrough reports
Banks opt for self service to push sales despite customer frustrations
Self service machines have been widely adopted by the retail industry and banks are set to move customers across to self service regardless of research showing customers would prefer to speak to someone in person.
The Digital Banking Club live debate: “The digital wallet is the banks’ to lose”
The latest Digital Banking Club live debate saw a panel of experts debate the benefits of mobile payments through banks’ existing mobile banking apps. Amid arguments over semantics and branding the panel found some common ground. Billy Bambrough reports the highlights from the most exciting debate yet.
Wonga admits IT errors and pays out to customers over debt collection scare tactics
UK payday lender Wonga has been forced to pay out a cool £2.6m ($4.4m) to its customers after it was found to have falsified debt collections letters.
Nationwide readies location based offers app
Nationwide, the UK’s largest mutual, is in the beta stage for an update to its mobile banking app which will send users location based offers for various high street stores.
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UK to get current account suggestion system
UK customers will be able to receive suggestions on which current account is best for them by the end of 2014.
Future Payments and Digital Banking – Event highlights
The 2014 Future Payments and Digital Banking conference brought together industry leaders from around Europe to share ideas on how the payments landscape will change in the coming years. The ongoing digital banking revolution means banking and payments are becoming ever more entwined. Billy Bambrough looks back at the most memorable presentations
ATMIA – Is the ATM cashing out of cash?
At the recent ATMIA Europe conference in London cash dispensing ATMs were left out in the cold as self and assisted service machines sparked the interest of attendees. Billy Bambrough attended the conference and spoke to a the big providers about their new ATMs
High demand for TSB shares triggers share increase
Shares in the newly created UK challenger TSB have risen by 10% following its stock market debut, which valued the company at £1.3bn ($2.2bn).
The Charity of Dave – five reasons why traditional banks need not fear the entrepreneur
The Bank of Dave, formally known as Burnley Savings and Loans , made waves when it featured on a prime time Channel 4 documentary (although let’s face it, who hasn’t?). Since then the little lender that could has, according to its founder Dave Fishwick, turned down a buy-out offer from a well known high street bank and renewed its pledge to revolutionise the banking system. Billy Bambrough looks at why the bank isn’t going to compete on a large scale