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BioMetric Identification –a panacea for addressing differing regulations and geographical borders in Islamic banking…

Muslims are amongst the fastest growing populations in the world. It is estimated that there will be 2.2 billion Muslims by 2030. This is a huge potential market, and a consumer category which will need increasing focus from brands of all types. At present, although we have seen a considerable Read more…

By Quentin, 5 years5 years ago

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Disruptive Technologies. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Islamic Banking…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is the fourth major industrial era since the initial Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres, collectively referred to as cyber-physical systems. It is marked by emerging technology breakthroughs in a number Read more…

By Quentin, 5 years5 years ago

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Disruption: Why does Blockchain pose such a threat to existing business models?…

Technology and Consulting Services firm IBM defines Blockchain as a “shared, immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network.” The first major innovation using Blockchain technology was the digital currency Bitcoin, however, since then, the world has discovered that its underlying technology has Read more…

By Quentin, 5 years5 years ago

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FinTech finally focused on the underbanked…

It’s easy for new FinTech to get carried away with how clever they are in the innovations which their platforms provide. They are focused on the newest technology that they intend to use, or on the clever financial innovation that they have created. Certainly, these things are important, and key Read more…

By Dr Peter Stanbury, 5 years5 years ago

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“IF YOU DON’T FUND THE STATE DEPARTMENT FULLY, THEN I NEED TO BUY MORE AMMUNITION ULTIMATELY” JAMES N MATTIS, UNITED STATES -SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

Through the delivery of our consulting services, a number of us at DVC Consultants have had real time exposure to terrorism. While in Northern Nigeria consulting for HMG, one of our directors had to take evasive action from Boko Haram road blocks. On another occasion, while consulting for a private Read more…

By Quentin, 5 years5 years ago

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The New Frontier. Driving Disruption through Islamic Banking…

Banktotal is committed to providing Shari’ah -compliant products for the underbanked and unbanked in Africa and the Asia-Pacific Region. Their disruptive technologies will make these available, sometimes for the first time to Islamic communities. There has been a remarkable 11% growth in global Islamic banking assets over the last 5 Read more…

By Quentin, 5 years5 years ago

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MOVERS NEED SHAKERS…BUILDING DISRUPTOR AND CHALLENGER BRANDS…

I am often asked as the founder of a consultancy (www.dvcconsultants.com) who is focussed on creating disruptor and challenger brands, what are the core principles and building blocks for doing this? What’s the secret to the alchemy and what is the formula for success? So, for what it’s worth here Read more…

By Quentin, 5 years5 years ago

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MAKING THE UNBANKED BANKABLE; BLOCKCHAIN TO THE RESCUE…

“I bless the rains down in Africa Gonna take some time to do the things we never had” TOTO There are over two billion people in the world who still do not have a bank account. Most of them live in the emerging markets (Africa and the Asian Pacific Region Read more…

By Quentin, 6 years5 years ago

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Naturist or Veiled? Corporate Behaviour for the next millennium. TWENTY YEARS ON.

Twenty Years ago, when I was CEO of the WPP owned Addison Corporate Marketing, I published some research which looked at the future of corporate behaviour. Our clients included Novartis, SmithKline Beecham, BT and Nat West and we were at the forefront of digital technology (creating some of the first Read more…

By Quentin, 6 years5 years ago

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How do you drive Disruption through the conservative world of Sharia Compliant Islamic Banking? …

How does a very traditional, Market leading Sharia Compliant Islamic Bank make reinvention a regular part of its business strategy? How can a conservative Management Team be motivated to embrace change, and promote discovery and imagination? How do you persuade such a management, that in not doing so, they risk Read more…

By Quentin, 6 years6 years ago