On any given day, a typical large-scale eCommerce infrastructure is witnessing thousands of transactions happening every second, and a substantial volume of customer data being analyzed and stored. Large volumes of data such as purchasing path history, shopping cart snapshots, and externally integrated profiles are typically persisted in a Big Data store (NoSQL database for… Read More »
Foreword Real-time data warehousing is clearly emerging as a new breed of decision support. Providing both tactical and strategic decision support from a single, consistent repository of information has compelling advantages. The result of such an implementation naturally encourages the alignment of strategy development with execution of the strategy. However, a radical re-thinking of existing… Read More »
If you want to start your personal development, but you consider that most podcasts on these topic are too unrealistic, start with the following: How to stay focused How to relax and wind down at end of the day Simple Time Management Rules How To Deal With Stress Why Achievers Crash… Read More »
Strange Ritual #1: Use a Timer to Do World-Class Work On the two days a week I schedule as “Creative Days”, I set blocks of time to achieve specific outcomes and results–generally working in the 90 minute bursts of intensity that have been scientifically proven to yield best performance (insight: each of your days only… Read More »
#1. Start with your mindset. Your performance in the world is simply the result of the things you believe. If you really don’t think you’re the kind of person who produces epic results or becomes uber-fit or creates a financial fortune or elevates entire communities, then you’re just not going to do what it takes… Read More »
A lot has been written around the Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2) and its emerging role in creating a level playing field for banks and non-banking financial technology companies in the European Union. An area of particular interest is the regulation around allowing third party payment service providers (TPPs) access to account information of customers… Read More »
Speculation over the much anticipated PSD2 – revised Payment Services Directive – has been gathering for quite a while now. Last week the European Parliament adopted the revised Directive on Payment Services (or PSD2), and with it the PSD2 reality got a little bit closer. PSD2 has been attracting quite a lot of attention, and… Read More »
Yesterday the European Parliament voted to pass the Payment Services 2 Directive. In a rather timely fashion, we had just published a paper on this subject, so we have reproduced it here. If you would like a copy of the original, please email terry@starlingbank.com. I would like to thank all of the Starling team, as… Read More »
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To be able to reach high performance, you have to master these four areas of your life: Psychology. You have to gain control over your thoughts, emotions and behavior so that you can stay motivated, positive, resilient, and empathetic. Physiology. We all know that we should closely manage our sleep, workouts, nutrition and health. But few people… Read More »