Citigroup exec says bank’s face same disruption threat as taxis with Uber
Global head of digital technology at Citigroup, Greg Baxter, says the company is well positioned to transform in the digital age. Darrian Traynor The Australian global digital head at international banking giant Citigroup, says the disruption taking place in the financial services industry will be on par with the impact Uber and Airbnb has had on taxis and hotels. Greg Baxter told The Australian Financial Review that the current wave of fintech disruption would lead to a new-look sector, where incumbents had been forced to innovate and take on industry-wide revenue losses of about 30 per cent drop over a decade, before things picked up again from new market opportunities. Mr Baxter, who was formerly a partner with Booz and Company and a senior program manager at IBM, said the transformation in financial services would lead to banks being more focused on…
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