Dave Ellett and I recently travelled to Europe to attend the Money 2020 Conference and I wanted to share a few things we took away from the event.
Big messages:
- Mobile is the future, we need to be mobile first
- Value-added services are important to diversify revenue – 40% for acquirers, “if you just give a commoditised transaction you are stuffed”
- Open banking/authentication:
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- slow to take off
- different in Australia as we don’t cover payments
- payments just one option for merchants who take a wider view of value/options
- digital identity a big trend, authentication a great facilitator of open banking and payment experiences
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- Big tech have bank data but not the reverse, so can leverage this to drive bank product distribution where margin exists
- Authentication is key and future a great facilitator. Focus on economies of scale, bank ID attributed to 2% of GDP growth, need federated EU ID.
- Cross border payments most likely to be disintermediated and biggest issues to solve -Bank’s rightful role is to manage the balance sheet for the best interests of the country – a role we can support
- Visa APIs, 400 available and 7 used, not the panacea
- Vendors who insure risk and drive high sales conversion for merchants – worth exploring with a merchant centric business
- Malaysia LCR transactions offered for free by local debit scheme -Everything in life is a transaction – is so how does that redefine our business ?
- A taxi app provided that sat over all the other apps like Uber – liked the idea!
- ING innovation culture – Innovation power equation – psychological safety + flexibility + preparation * leadership squared/ organisation complexity. Leadership – courage, determination, perseverance, humility. Innovation sole purpose to drive value – people not technology
Dave and I have a lot more insights we can share if you are interested.
