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The Economist on Retail Renaissance

Posted on 19 May 2012 by Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos

Copyright The EconomistAn Economist special report on a “retail renaissance’ in international banking makes the case that an upheaval is coming, driven by technological changes, that will shake up the banking industry. The Internet and mobile phones are turning boring old retail banking into an exciting industry.

Contents

  • Retail renaissance
  • Branches: Withering away
  • Spain: Dispatches from the hothouse
  • Big data: Crunching the numbers
  • Mobile payments: A wealth of wallets
  • Remittances: Over the sea and far away
  • Wealth management: Private pursuits
  • Winners and losers: World, here we come

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The URBAN AND REGIONAL INNOVATION Research (URENIO) is a university lab within the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, established in 1995.

Research at the laboratory explores two fundamental questions: (1) Which technologies and innovations can improve cities and optimise their performance? (2) How do cities generate new technologies and innovations?

Research activities focus on models of territorial innovation (technology cities, innovation hubs and districts, regional innovation systems, industrial ecosystems, and hybrid innovation spaces) and innovation strategies (urban and regional strategies, smart specialisation strategies, simulation and sandbox experimentation, platform-based innovation, and generative AI-driven innovation). In cooperation with Intelspace Technologies (a spin-off of URENIO), on smart ecosystems and intelligent environments that generare innovations to address challenges related to urban efficiency, sustainability, public safety, and carbon neutrality.

Key research topics: Smart cities, intelligent cities, intelligent environments, urban innovation, regional innovation.

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