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Mission to Fail. By Mike Eldar. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 382 pp.

A financial thriller, with coffee

Book Review: Financial troubleshooter as hero of twisting tale of intrigue
Growth and improvement in blockchain technology's development will hinge on learning from mistakes and bad turns, as well as experience in general.

Blockchain needs more failures to grow and mature

Evolution depends on enduring some hard lessons
Bank tech trends can make your head spin. So regularly longtime Tech Exchange Editor John Ginovsky does his best to “make sense of it all.”

Preparing for AI and IoT’s coming collision

As artificial intelligence and internet of things near convergence, will be bumpy ride
“There’s really not much that indicates we’ve learned anything new over the last several cycles,” says veteran lender and CEO Ed O’Leary. He aims to fix that.

Lenders: Could you do your job better?

First thing you must do is decide, “What is my job?”
Mike Moebs, "The Prairie Economist," takes a look at three historically critical components of banking. How are the relationships among them, and of each in relation to industry productivity, really changing?

Brand, branches, and bodies

Hard look at numbers belies some assumptions—and stresses where improvement is needed
A new generation will take financial services into the future. In the new blog "Next Voices" a rotating group of bloggers of the younger generation will share what they are learning, thinking about, and doing. Proposals from guest bloggers are also invited. Please email scocheo@sbpub.com

Why would a millennial choose your bank?

Older managers’ misperceptions may stymie recruitment
“There’s really not much that indicates we’ve learned anything new over the last several cycles,” says veteran lender and CEO Ed O’Leary. He aims to fix that.

How will you fill your next lending job?

Snapping up aces from other lenders may not always work
A new generation will take financial services into the future. In the new blog "Next Voices" a rotating group of bloggers of the younger generation will share what they are learning, thinking about, and doing. Proposals from guest bloggers are also invited. Please email scocheo@sbpub.com

What’s wrong about millennial credit scores

Credit education, critical to financially “growing up,” is ignored. But scoring itself needs fixing
With a nod to pop music, veteran John Byrne’s blog scans the anti-laundering and anti-terrorism world. John pierces silliness and inconsistency, and strongly believes in private-public partnership.

“Can’t You Hear Me (Us) Knocking?”*

Banks deserve recognition for their part in AML fight
Bank tech trends can make your head spin. So regularly longtime Tech Exchange Editor John Ginovsky does his best to “make sense of it all.”

Wannacry might be precursor of “Big One”

Cybersecurity preparedness must be ratcheted up further
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