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Chandrashekar Gopalarao

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Infosys Technologies Ltd
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Lead Consultant in Finacle (Core Banking Software) unit of Infosys Technologies Ltd, a leading player in IT industry. The job profile includes market research for emerging products & services in banking domain and product development to meet the emerging banking requirements across the globe apart f

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Chandrashekar Gopalarao

Balance Check without login - do we need such innovation?

The news that Bank of the West has introduced a new feature to help customers check account balance without login left me a bit amused and a bit scared. The first thought that comes to my mind is, Are banks encouraging risky behaviour among their customers in the name of innovation? We have seen a spate of security incidents involving bank accounts...

04 April 2013

Chandrashekar Gopalarao

Complaints and technology

The recent news about the flood of complaints received by top banks in the UK has understandably evoked serious concern. FSA has called upon the banks to overhaul their complaints handling mechanism. In the days ahead the banks are sure to come under intense scrutiny and would be expected to show some good results in this area. Obviously there i...

02 October 2010

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Jury tells Wells Fargo to pay USAA $200m over cheque imaging patent infringement

Trying to get my head around this 'logic'. A owns some property. B steals it. A & B get to an understanding that it's ok for B to keep the stolen property. B in turn sells part of the property to X, Y & Z. A sues X, Y & Z because he can't sue B. Fantastic 'logic'!

08 Nov 2019 04:30 Read comment

Future of the Branch: Conclusion - Its about employee experience too

Fully agree with the views in the article. In the rush to develop technological solutions to solve different problems, many banks have not taken care of end to end solutions but build solutions in silos. If its a simple transaction, technology handles it smoothly. Bring in a bit of complexity and the cracks in the whole system start showing up. If the people in the branches can't solve problems of their customers when they do visit the branches - something that's getting less frequent - they are sure to be turned off, not just from the branches but from the banks themselves! Here is my own experience from a recent branch visit:

03 Apr 2017 05:13 Read comment

Researchers propose acid-spitting ATMs to fight off thieves

Wondering why they assume that what went wrong with the pepper spray "solution" will not happen in this case?

09 May 2014 13:42 Read comment

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