Beer & Bytes podcast ep #3: Is Slack making us Slack & Medium making us…nice??
Slack has taken a bit of flack recently for becoming a bit of a black hole for productivity yet it’s just…
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Is Medium the friendliest social media platform on the Internet?
Over the years our social media attention spans (well, just attention spans really) have become progressively shorter. Let’s face it, a listicle with a decent smattering of gifs and memes is an infinitely more popular read than a long-read opinion article. There was a time in years gone by when long-reads ruled the roost, but this has steadily eroded, thanks in no doubt to the likes of Twitter and Vine.
Will Slack’s new video conferencing feature bring the financial sector closer to the cloud?
Messaging app Slack has just rolled out a beta version of native voice chat with video conferencing to follow which promises to rival Skype. Is it just a matter of time before the UK financial services industry embraces Slack?
Lord Turner remarks reveal growing risk of FCA interference
Former FCA Chairman Lord Adair Turner has taken it upon himself to warn consumers that peer-to-peer lending could lead to big losses.
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Beer & Bytes podcast ep #2: The Internet of Things, trolls, and Mastercard's selfie pay
This week’s episode of Beer & Bytes looks into the Internet of Things, Mastercard’s selfie pay and how to deal with trolls. As well as beer. Lots of beer.
Why we're all talking about LinkedIn Advertising
Okay, a quick explainer about LinkedIn’s new advertising platform. Sound a bit dull? Au contraire. This technology merits a blog post because we’ve found it to be just about the surest way yet for B2B professionals to reach their audiences and we’re recommending the tool to more and more of our financial services clients.
Why the EU referendum matters to financial services
We’ve heard a lot over the last few weeks and even more over the last few days about the referendum, renegotiation, who’s on what side and why it matters. There will be many different interpretations, but given one of the key tenets of the agreement is the future of the City – the UK’s vital financial services sector – it is clear that Brexit could represent a turning point as profound as the Big Bang for the future of the industry.
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Want to buy that? Better take a selfie
MasterCard has announced that it is rolling out a new way to securely pay for purchases this summer. Speaking at Mobile World Congress 2016, the company revealed that customers will now be able to pay for online purchase with a selfie or fingerprint.
Deutsche Bank's social media accounts are almost as influential as Justin Bieber's
Deutsche Bank’s social media team will be rejoicing over their Tweetdeck accounts today because the bank has just been told it has the best social media presence of any other global bank and asset manager. Deutsche is placed with a score of 91. This is just one point below Justin Bieber, to put that into some sort of context.
Beer & Bytes podcast ep #1: Facebook's reactions, Yahoo's For Sale sign
Welcome to episode 1 of Beers and Bytes, the new digital marketing podcast by MRM’s social and digital team. Listen to it here.
Labour’s Future Economic Policy: ‘it’s not all about the spending’
Last night John McDonnell gave the third speech in the ‘New Economics’ series that has been pulled together to explore and develop economic policies that the Labour Party will propose going forward. It was very carefully crafted with something for everyone.