In true form, Jim posts some excellent observations from BAI.
I especially liked the Moneto, BMO, and Tapscott comments – two awesome/ one terrible.
Highlights from BAI Retail Delivery 2008 | Netbanker
- Most audacious business plan: Alt-payment startups Moneta and sister company Acculynk which are looking to disrupt online payments at the point of sale
- Best demo of something that actually exists: Bank of Montreal’s demo of its new branch locator using Microsoft Virtual Earth (shown at the Microsoft’s booth)
- Worst financial example during a keynote: Don Tapscott used Zopa USA as an example of a promising new web 2.0 financial company (Zopa pulled out of the U.S. market last month)
Relevance to Bankwatch:
BAI has a history of being an ATM conference, and has evolved to showcasing latest things. It is a sad state of affairs when the ‘coolest’ thing is a map mashup. ho hum Where is the bank innovation?? Not at BAI.
PS…. Don – time to get out of that research stuff and back to what your gut tells you like the old days.
Bankwatch 
Just cuz Zopa pulled out of the US market last month, doesn’t mean it’s NOT a “a promising new web 2.0 financial company.”
@Ron … Jim indicated in his notes the example given was Zopa US specifically. That Company no longer exists.
Yes Zopa global (UK, Italy and Japan) is a fantastic business model and would have been a relevant example.