Monthly Archives: February 2012

Fuel for the real economy: access to finance for SMEs

The fifth in our series of posts on the sessions and workshops of the 10-11 May 2012 WSBI Congress: “Good for you – The savings and retail banking model” Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – if not the very backbone … Continue reading

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Diaspora banking: tapping into a global economic force

The fourth in our series of posts on the sessions and workshops of the 10-11 May 2012 WSBI Congress: “Good for you – The savings and retail banking model” They may be minorities in their adopted countries, but diasporas have … Continue reading

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The best of both worlds: customer protection and profitability

The third in our series of posts on the sessions and workshops of the 10-11 May 2012 WSBI Congress: “Good for you – The savings and retail banking model” Customer protection isn’t – or certainly shouldn’t be – confined to … Continue reading

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The retail bank: rock solid and right around the corner

Our second post in a series on the 10-11 May 2012 WSBI Congress: “Good for you – The savings and retail banking model” Retail banking is probably the simplest form of banking. All you need to do is convince savers … Continue reading

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Gearing up for the 2012 WSBI Congress

Our first post in a series on the 2012 WSBI Congress “Good for you – The savings and retail banking model”, 10-11 May, in Marrakech, Morocco In today’s world, with the acceleration of just about everything, from the vibrations of … Continue reading

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