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GDPR – a journey around a data issue

Challenger Banks are not the only worry for the High Street banking juggernauts, who are shedding customers, branches and staff. With more than 40 regulations introduced in the Financial Services industry since the 2008 financial crisis, Compliance and IT teams…

Banking on GDPR – in simple terms

The global financial services industry is undergoing a data-driven facelift.  As Charles Dickens’ novel “A Tale of Two Cities” almost…

When X-Day became the warning shot for GDPR

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has made ensuring data confidentiality a worldwide issue for business. As we saw…

B2B tech marketing post GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was hyped to levels last seen for Y2K. However, thanks to the Cambridge Analytica…

When will Facebook die?

Ten years ago Facebook approached me for a senior European PR role. I arrogantly prophesied “You don’t need PR, you…

Fourth Industrial Revolution: a revolution by word and design

Today, we are living in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, one that is powered by data analytics and machine learning. Like…

Positioning Open Banking as an opportunity, not a threat

In PR, negativity framed in Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) normally gets the headlines. However, with a contrarian approach, Positive…