Future of Banking: "Banks as we know them will soon cease to exist. Banks should recognise that the move by supermarkets into banking is a trojan horse. National Westminster has already recognised the dangers, and tore up the five year financial services agreement it arranged last summer with Tesco." Source: David Llewellyn, Professor of Money and Banking, Loughborough University.

A look back at non-banks competing with traditional banks online.

Archive material 1997 - historical interest. This whole site has had 25 million requests in 12 months. Use search option to get more.

CNNfn.com is now offering live, on demand web video to complement CNN financial news' broadcasts using Web Theatre 2 technology from Vxtreme Inc. Currently, streaming video and audio from two companies is available: Digital Jam and Business Unusual. By the end of the second quarter, the network's entire line-up will be broadcast on the web.Archive material 1997 - historical interest.

Future of Banking: From September 1994 to July 1996 the number of banks on the Internet grew from 20 to 1,178. By May 1997 the number was over 2000, growing at around 350 - 400 every quarter. A large survey of European banks found that 56% of those with web sites were planning to provide full on-line net banking by the end of 1997. As a result, there is a shortage of skilled web programmers in Europe, especially those able to integrate financial legacy systems with the new technology.

Archive material for historical interest from 1997.

Managing logistics through a downturn.

Many executives responsible for logistics are feeling battered and bruised right now. Hit by one event after another, there’s little time to regroup or reflect, and the top of a corporation can be a lonely place. Profit warnings, share price pressures, mergers, reorganisations, relocations, disposals, painful layoffs and great geopolitical uncertainties can sweep away even the most comprehensive logistics strategies – and that’s despite outstanding management over many years.