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

Teradata Focuses On Top 500 To Leverage Scarce Resources — Data Scientists, Analysts

Posted on October 30, 2017

Teradata faces a challenge – how to grow a company when a key resource — data scientists and top data analysts — is limited. Victor Lund, who was named president and CEO of Teradata a year and a half ago, … Continue reading →

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Fidor Packs In The Clichés

Posted on October 24, 2017

The product, called Fidor FinanceBay, is an online marketplace which connects curated Fintech, InsurTech and TradeTech offerings from the wider ecosystem, to consumers, all with the aim of bringing both much closer together in an easy and value adding way. With Fidor … Continue reading →

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Monocle’s Best 25 Cities — Metro Population and Murders Per Year

Posted on July 12, 2017

A sampling — not all the cities had murder rates listed. The ratings often included new homes built, number of museums and galleries and number of independent bookshops and miles of bike trails. Tokyo 9.4 million people/75 murders Vienna 1.8 … Continue reading →

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Can Amazon And Whole Foods Solve Urban Delivery?

Posted on July 5, 2017

The scene on upper Madison Avenue, just below the Whitney earlier this summer…Stacks of Amazon boxes and padded envelopes sprawling across the sidewalk as delivery people sort through what appeared to be the contents to two trucks. How do you … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Bank Leumi Launches No-Fee Mobile Account

Posted on June 26, 2017

The Leumi Group has launched a new digital platform, named Pepper, that allows customers to manage all of their banking activities entirely via mobile and with no account fees: from on-boarding to performing common banking transactions, including ordering credit cards … Continue reading →

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Yes, Virginia, There Are Women Leaders In Fintech

Posted on June 8, 2017

BNY Mellon, has appointed Bridget E. Engle as senior executive vice president and chief information officer reporting directly to CEO Gerald Hassell. In this position, Engle will lead the company’s Client Technology Solutions group, which provides critical technology platforms and … Continue reading →

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Buy Now, Pay Later Comes To Online Purchases With Klarna

Posted on June 5, 2017

Attribute it to Swedish mistrust of credit cards and internet commerce, combined with the Nordics’ rapid adoption of mobile whose small screens do not make entering credit card details easy. Swedish shoppers didn’t like using their credit cards online, and … Continue reading →

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