While panelists were hashing out the future of banking innovation onstage at Bank Innovation 2013, audience members and those following the conference online used the #BI13 hashtag to keep the conversation going. The tweeting was so thorough you could almost reconstruct the discussions from social media alone.
Here’s a selection of tweets that we think captured the flavor and excitement of the event particularly well, presented in roughly chronological order. These tweets cover the first four panels and presentations — What is “Banking” Today?, Big Data and Banking, New Product Strategies & Possibilities, and Harnessing Social Media for a Better Customer Experience — up to the presentation of Awards at the end of Day 1. Day 2 tweets are rounded up here.
When fee, float and interchange are all under attack, innovation is imperative #BI13
— Melanie Friedrichs (@mfriedri) March 18, 2013
@hornblass notes the Janet Jackson question consumers are asking banks: "What have you done for me lately?" #bi13
— Sam Maule (@sammaule) March 18, 2013
Banking doesn't create engagement which resonates with people says Jeff Stephens from creative brand communications #bi13
— Deva Annamalai (@bornonjuly4) March 18, 2013
Panel at #bi13 talking about innovation in ATMs. I can't remember when I last used an ATM at home in Finland… #differentworld
— Kristoffer Lawson @setok@attractive.space (@Setok) March 18, 2013
The scale of intimacy is much tighter at smaller banks, and may not be scalable, says @leimer #bi13
— Bank Automation News (@BankAutomation) March 18, 2013
$WFC takes 6-9 months for new customer to get acclimated to Wells Fargo. Five months from first ATM use to become "power depositor" #BI13
— Mike Crawford (@mccrawf7) March 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/andytastic/status/313759358024548353
https://twitter.com/benry/status/313760525467140096
https://twitter.com/andrewtilbury/status/313763143891423233
Liquidity preference lives- Wells Fargo is still seeing double digit growth in cash usage, 5 years after the crash #BI13
— Melanie Friedrichs (@mfriedri) March 18, 2013
Grt quote from @jeff_stephens at #bi13 for anyone interested in breaking the mold >> "You can't read the label from inside the bottle"
— Gregg Wheeler (@greggwheeler) March 18, 2013
Please set that as the standard! @leimer: Next time I'm going to live tweet from the panel. #fintechneversleeps #bi13
— Matt Wilcox (@mattwilcoxpro) March 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/leimer/status/313786092597944321
Poorer customers have the same behaviors, but less resilience, than wealthier customers, says @shawnbudde #bi13
— Bank Automation News (@BankAutomation) March 18, 2013
Shawn Budde: “Being poor is really inconvenient.” #BI13
— Matt West ️ (@MattFreakinWest) March 18, 2013
Shawn Budde states clearly that innovation in banking will be driven by startups. Banks: listen & work with that, not against. #bi13
— Kristoffer Lawson @setok@attractive.space (@Setok) March 18, 2013
https://twitter.com/leimer/status/313791738152116224
"Relevance trumps the creepy factor." #bi13 #heckyeah
— Jeff Stephens (@Jeff_Stephens) March 18, 2013
MercBank's John Schulte says community banks are not good data aggregators and so must be open to working with startups. #bi13 #bigdata
— Bank Automation News (@BankAutomation) March 18, 2013
Customer, not business drives the conversation @kimariematthews #bi13
— Deva Annamalai (@bornonjuly4) March 18, 2013
RT @BankInnovation Primary use cases for social: Help Me, Advise Me, Validate Me, Communicate (Be heard) @kimariematthews #bi13
— Wendy Beswick / Over on LinkedIn (@wenbryant) March 18, 2013
I do think SoMe presence is very important for cust support. Just important to realise that is the start, not the end of social. #bi13
— Kristoffer Lawson @setok@attractive.space (@Setok) March 18, 2013