The Currency Scene
The future is mobile money management, not mobile banking
- Written by: Terry McParlane, Starling Bank
- Category: Mobile Banking
Traditionally, big banks have seen investment in digital channels as an opportunity to improve their cost base, encouraging a shift from high cost channels such as branch and telephony, into online and then mobile.
What Does a Little Blue Box Have to do With ATM Channel Management?
- Written by: Matthew S Daye
- Category: ATM
Do you remember the 1960's infamous little blue box? That plaything of the technically inclined from long ago was a pre-cursor to some of the security challenges faced by the ATM industry today.
Do You Have a Generic Banking Brand? Or a Niche Focus?
- Written by: Kevin Tynan, The Financial Brand
- Category: Banking
Community-based institutions must serve a specific niche in order to survive. Do you know what your unique position is in the market? Or do you have a generic brand? A marketing plan is just not enough.
Banks are swamped with hundreds of tech CVs: here’s the new way to stand out
- Written by: eFinancial Careers
- Category: Banking
Tired of carefully massaging your CV for every job posting, then waiting as your application is buried under a pile of rival CVs that most managers will barely skim through? Guess what – banks are losing interest in seeing hundreds of tech CVs swamping every IT role they post, all carefully keyword-matched yet unverifiable in the real world.
Technology hiring in banking is increasingly moving away from the advertised position. Even where roles are posted with job boards and recruiters, the selection process is evolving beyond the “talking heads” interview.
What Happens To Your Bitcoin After You Die?
- Written by: Investopedia
- Category: Digital Currency
Bequeathing assets in the form of inheritance is a long standing wish for many individuals, whether it is to their children or grandchildren, to a university, or to a charity. When it comes to bank accounts, investments, or property, there are established rules, laws and protocols that are followed such as the use of wills, life insurance, trusts, and probate. How does one, then, transfer ownership of Bitcoin to their heirs?
Ten Common Mistakes Crypto Investors Make
- Written by: Crypto Maniaks
- Category: Digital Currency
Do you like losing money? Of course you don't! Though this question may seem trivial at first, do you know that thousands of cryptocurrency investors lose money every day by making perfectly preventable mistakes? Check out our infographic on how you can avoid making any of the 10 most common mistakes when investing in digital currency.
INFOGRAPHIC: Ten Years of the World With Bitcoin (UPDATE!)
- Written by: Bitcoin Play
- Category: Digital Currency
As Bitcoin reaches ten years on The Currency Scene we thought you'd enjoy this fantastic infographic courtesy of our friends over at BitcoinPlay (recently UPDATED!) A big shout out to Josh & Karthik over at WebmastersJury who worked on the project and provided the suggestion and permission to re-publish here. Follow along to learn...
