Author Archives: Tom Groenfeldt

About Tom Groenfeldt

I write - mostly about finance and technology, sometimes about art, occasionally about politics and the intersection of politics and economics. My work appears on Forbes.com and International Finance Magazine. The Financial Brand ranked me 20 on a list of the top 25 global influencers in financial services and Jay Palter included me in his list of 250 fintech influencers to follow in 2016 http://bit.ly/1SSRXC6

Social Security? The Numbers Say To Get In Early As Possible

Posted on December 2, 2018

Take Social Security as soon as you can — at 62 advises Steve Maersch, contradicting just about everyone in the retirement advice business. He even lists some of them: The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Kiplinger magazine, Consumer Reports, Motley Fool, … Continue reading →

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Does Anyone Outside PR Firms Think Surveys Are Newsworthy?

Posted on June 14, 2018

In a recent blog at Articulate Communications I wrote about the number of surveys that public relations firms send out, and how useless many of them are. I just reviewed my Inbox to see what the recent evidence is…the results … Continue reading →

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SAS Beefs Up Cyber Protection With New Fraud and Security Unit

Posted on May 18, 2018

SAS has created a new global Fraud and Security Intelligence Division to help organizations better detect and combat threats from fraudsters and hackers. The division will further focus and sharpen the SAS efforts to combat fraud and cybersecurity threats. The … Continue reading →

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Consumers Prefer AI Supplemented By Human Interaction

Posted on May 3, 2018

Consumers are more comfortable with AI in healthcare than other industries, according to an SAS survey. Lack of human interaction is the most cited reason for discomfort with artificial intelligence. While the buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) can seem ominous, … Continue reading →

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Celent Seeks Nominations For Model Bank Awards

Posted on November 8, 2017

Dan Latimore, Celent SVP, said that after attending multiple conferences, including Sibos and Money2020 back to back, not to mention Finovate earlier in the autumn conference season, the Celent team remained coherent and was able to define some conclusions.   … Continue reading →

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Big Data = New Oil — What’s That Even Mean?

Posted on November 3, 2017

During Teradata’s annual Partners conference in Anaheim, CA toward the end of October an executive  almost inevitably referred to big data as the new oil. Antony Peyton, deputy editor of London-based Banking Technology asked what that meant, which led to … Continue reading →

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To Compete, Companies Need To Use Data Better

Posted on October 30, 2017

Corporations have to decide what they want to be when they grow up, said Oliver Ratzesberger, EVP and chief product officer of Teradata. They need to learn how to incorporate data in their corporate strategy and decision-making, added Ratzesberger, co-author … Continue reading →

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