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The future of banking

With tech giants like Facebook getting into payments, we look at the future of banking.

With tech giants like Facebook getting into payments, we look at the future of banking. Helen Bierton is head of banking for newcomer Starling Bank, and discusses the pace of change in the industry. Todd MacDonald is co-founder of enterprise software company R3, which is backed by 40 banks, and explains how banks are aiming to cut costs. And Bianca Lopes, co-founder of the Talle Consultancy considers how traditional banks can stay competitive. It's the International Week Of Happiness. We look at the pressures on today’s children with Beth Kerr, a specialist in wellbeing and Micheal Drake from the schools group, Cognita Asia. Plus our reporter travels to Saudi Arabia to hear about the country's ambitions to become a tourism destination.

(Picture: Bank notes. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

27 minutes

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Fri 27 Sep 2019 21:32GMT

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  • Fri 27 Sep 2019 21:32GMT