Links, Blogs & Websites

American Banker US focused daily magazine
Bank Systems and Technology US focused, digital version is free
Figaro Digital quarterly physical magazine
Insurance Times weekly physical magazine focused on the Insurance industry
Insurance & Technology US focused
Marketing Week monthly physical magazine (note that you can get free subscription by following this link, if you meet Mkt Week’s criteria re size of business, spend authority etc.)
Mobile Marketing quarterly free iPad magazine
POST magazine weekly physical magazine focused on the Insurance industry

ABI Association of British Insurers
Altimeter Group US focused technology research company
BAI Banking Strategies US focused
Bancography US focused research company with emphasis on brand & service in retail banking
Comscore digital marketing intelligence, some great free whitepapers
Consumer Intelligence UK focused mystery shopping service benchmarking insurance pricing
Corporate Insight US focused financial services research company
Defacto UK focused, provide product comparison and rating services
Datamonitor UK focused market research company
eBenchmarkers UK only financial services benchmarking company
eDigitalResearch UK focused consumer research company
Finextra UK focused financial technology site
Forrester Research technology and market research company
Gartner US focused technology research company
Global Reviews multi-channel best practice benchmarking
Javelin Research provider of quantitative and qualitative research focused on the global financial services industry
Keynote Benchmark
Mapa UK focused online financial services research company
Mintel UK focused market research company
Online Financial Innovations US focused online financial services research company and publishers of the Online Banking Report
Ovum telecoms focused research company
YouGov UK focused market research company

Aden Davies blog from Aden who works in the innovation team at HSBC
Bank Marketing Strategy blog by Jim Marous
Bankfutura blog by Mark Gerzso
Banking 4 Tomorrow Brett King’s blog
Banking Review Media Aus focused online financial services blog, from the publishers of Online Banking Review
CashCow Indian focused Financial Services Marketing Blog written by Vikas Tandon
Core Banking Blog by Kris Hansen
Digital Banking Innovation LinkedIn group managed by Mapa
Experience Banker blog by Rob Ballantine
FinVentures blog by Tom Noyes
Gonzobanker blog by Cornerstone Advisors
JD Power Banking Blog US focused blog by JD Power
Money Mesh Blog by Scott Bales from Movenbank
Netbanker US focused online financial services blog published by Jim Bruene of Online Financial Innovations
NFC World website exclusively focus on developments in the NFC space
Snarketing 2.0 US focused online retail banking blog by Ron Shevlin from Aite Group
TekFin blog by Yann Ranchere
The Bank Channel blog by Rob Findlay
The Financial Brand US focused site looking at banks and credit unions written by Jeffry Pilcher
The Financial Marketer US focused blog
Web Strategy US focused blog written by Jeremiah Owyang analyst at Altimeter Group
Retail Banking in Russia blog written by Daniel Gusev
Visible Banking site focused on the use of social media in financial services written by Christophe Langlois

Conversion XL blog with some great optimisation advice
Econsultancy fantastic resource for all things ecommerce, loads of white papers, round tables etc.
Luke Wroblewski blog about web design, lots of stuff about great form design
Occam’s Razor Google Analytics blog by author Avinash Kaushik