Analysis of the Dutch fintech and banking landscape
In cooperation with Holland Fintech, Accenture and other fintech experts we examined the state of fintech and banking in the Netherlands. The Dutch banking market [...]
Moving past the hype of Open Banking
Since the PSD2 deadline hit two weeks ago on Sept 14th, we can finally leave the reductive threat vs. opportunity discussion behind us and start exploring meaningful, customer-centric applications. [...]
How Dutch banks prepare for the future
In cooperation with Holland Fintech, Accenture, Fincog and Infinium we created a new report on the Dutch banking innovation ecosystem. Based on Ross Republic's project work with several international [...]
Product portfolio innovation in financial services
This is the third blog post about our new financial services whitepaper. The first one covers the importance of product portfolio innovation, the second one explores how to deliver [...]
Increasing top-line revenue with portfolio innovation
Digital product portfolio management becomes a key success factor for banks and fintechs in the digital era. Digital transformation initiatives usually focus on the supply-side [...]
Rethinking banking delivery
This is the second blog post about our new financial services whitepaper. While the first one covers the importance of product portfolio innovation, this one explores how to deliver [...]
Boosting top-line growth through portfolio innovation
New technologies and digitalisation are next to regulation and compliance a top priority for many financial institutions. However, digitalisation in banking is not about becoming digital. It’s about growth. [...]
How to make decisions efficiently
Many workshop methods and tools (e.g. business model canvas) are overhyped and yet under-utilised. In this post, I share my view on how workshops are an efficient way to [...]
Disintermediation is not the answer for B2B companies
Long gone are the days when European companies had a monopoly over quality products and accessible services. The new manufacturing competitors from lower-cost production countries produce good enough products [...]
Sustaining growth for new ventures
Launching new offerings successfully in B2B markets is hard. Mostly driven by innovation or technological advancements, newly developed propositions need to attract a sufficient amount of tech enthusiasts or [...]