Making Banking a More Effortless Experience

Along with nearly every other industry, banking is facing greater competitive pressure than ever. The need for innovation is growing, along with the ability to deliver more effortless experiences for customers and employees. As banks continue to face this reality, they’re also tasked with addressing a variety of rapidly changing issues, including those surrounding data…

The 6 most overhyped technologies in IT

Many modern CIOs have adopted the mantra: No technology for technology’s sake. Yet they and other tech-enthusiasts still get enamored with the newest tool or excited by the latest leap in digital innovation. Caught up in the buzz, they can convince themselves that a hyped technology’s value proposition must be a fit for their company.…

CIO Leadership Live with Simon Kennedy, Chief Digital Officer at Foodstuffs North Island

Foodstuffs North Island Chief Digital Officer Simon Kennedy on the messy nature of transformation, the importance of working cross functionally, and how the organisation is using internships and tech accelerator programmes to develop new talent. Watch this episode: #id6302583995727 .jw-wrapper::before { content: “Simon Kennedy” !important; } CIO Leadership Live Read More from This Article:…

Aflac virtualizes the customer enrollment experience

At the outset of the pandemic, Aflac’s independent agent/franchise business looked to be a dead duck. The traditional in-person process of insurance agents meeting with prospective customers to discuss policies, sign paperwork, and load it into the company’s client/server system came to a complete halt. While Aflac’s other major division, its business-to-business insurance line, was…

The Blockchain battlefront: Technology, business, and regulation

Comedian John Oliver quipped that cryptocurrency is “everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about technology.”  He missed another area of notorious confusion: the law.  The great regulatory bureaucracy has awakened to the significance of blockchain-enabled technology, led by the SEC.  The government is certain that cryptocurrency must be regulated,…