45 cases found.
The 2015 Paris Agreement, signed by all 195 UN signatory nations, put a global focus on the impending climate emergency, with a mandate to achieve nationally determined commitments (NDCs) to exit fossil fuels and accelerate financing of global sustainability projects.
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Reference 6632
Published 23 Apr 2021
Topic Responsibility
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The 2015 Paris Agreement, signed by all 195 UN signatory nations, put a global focus on the impending climate emergency, with a mandate to achieve nationally determined commitments (NDCs) to exit fossil fuels and accelerate financing of global sustainability projects.
In 2016, Steve Anavi and Alexandre Prot started Qonto as a ‘challenger’ bank focused on SMEs and freelancers, in France. After achieving rapid success, questions surface about where to draw the bank’s boundaries. The early focus is on the customer interface and back-end operations are outsource, but by 2017 they are wondering whether to bring the core banking infrastructure in house.
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Reference 6580
Published 12 Mar 2021
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
In 2016, Steve Anavi and Alexandre Prot started Qonto as a ‘challenger’ bank focused on SMEs and freelancers, in France. After achieving rapid success, questions surface about where to draw the bank’s boundaries. The early focus is on the customer interface and back-end operations are outsource, but by 2017 they are wondering whether to bring the core banking infrastructure in house.
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Read a related Knowledge article "Three Ways to Make Your Organisation Agile" by Maria Guadalupe.
Read a related Knowledge article "Three Ways to Make Your Organisation Agile" by Maria Guadalupe.
Read a related Knowledge article "Three Ways to Make Your Organisation Agile" by Maria Guadalupe.
Read a related Knowledge article "Three Ways to Make Your Organisation Agile" by Maria Guadalupe.
The case explains how the French fintech Compte-Nickel found a blue ocean in the crowded French retail banking sector by identifying noncustomers and developing a strategy to attract them.
The case explains how the French fintech Compte-Nickel found a blue ocean in the crowded French retail banking sector by identifying noncustomers and developing a strategy to attract them.
The case on Banco Santander is a complement to the case "Nordea and the European Market for Banking and Financial Services in 2015".
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Reference 6201
Published 24 Mar 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The case on Banco Santander is a complement to the case "Nordea and the European Market for Banking and Financial Services in 2015".
The "Handelsbanken" case is a complement to "Nordea and the European Market for Banking and Financial Services in 2015".
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Reference 6193
Published 24 Feb 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The "Handelsbanken" case is a complement to "Nordea and the European Market for Banking and Financial Services in 2015".
The Banco Espírito Santo (BES) case covers issues related to bank strategy, safety and soundness, the role of conglomerates, and problems related to family control. The setting is Europe, following the financial crisis of 2007-09, and its efforts to create a single banking market.
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Reference 6172
Published 26 Oct 2015
Topic Economics & Finance
Region Europe
Industry Banking
The Banco Espírito Santo (BES) case covers issues related to bank strategy, safety and soundness, the role of conglomerates, and problems related to family control. The setting is Europe, following the financial crisis of 2007-09, and its efforts to create a single banking market.
The case describes the market structure of Europe's banking sector (retail, wholesale, investment banking, asset management), the major events that shaped the restructuring of the banking industry after the global financial crisis, the positioning and performance of the main competitors in the Nordic region (Handelsbanken, Danske Bank, DNB, Deutsche Bank), and the history, strategy, position and p
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Reference 6171
Published 24 Feb 2016
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The case describes the market structure of Europe's banking sector (retail, wholesale, investment banking, asset management), the major events that shaped the restructuring of the banking industry after the global financial crisis, the positioning and performance of the main competitors in the Nordic region (Handelsbanken, Danske Bank, DNB, Deutsche Bank), and the history, strategy, position and p
The case involves a management buy-out of a small bank engaged in wealth management mainly in the Geneva market for offshore private banking services. It explores problems of due diligence and confidentiality in private banking, and the legal and regulatory aspects of valuation and risk exposure.
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Reference 5853
Published 30 Jan 2012
Topic Economics & Finance
Region Europe
Industry Financial Services, Banking
The case involves a management buy-out of a small bank engaged in wealth management mainly in the Geneva market for offshore private banking services. It explores problems of due diligence and confidentiality in private banking, and the legal and regulatory aspects of valuation and risk exposure.