Banca a juntar-se à ANTRAL?

Ontem escrevi no Twitter:

Preparem-se para começar a ver Ulrich e os outros banqueiros ao lado da Antral contra as plataformas tecnológicas, está quase

— Carlos P da Cruz (@ccz1) October 5, 2015

Hoje, este artigo "The two Estonians taking on the banks at currency exchange" veio ter comigo:

"Banks once had a near monopoly on this lucrative sector, where people send more than $500bn (£334bn) abroad each year.
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But not anymore, according to Mr Hinrikus who says the banks "have fallen asleep".
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"They have been quick to adopt modern technology to optimise the way things work internally, but when it comes to services for customers their processes haven't really changed for many decades." [Moi ici: Um excelente exemplo de um sector enterrado no goods-dominant logic, apesar de serem um sector de serviços]
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The two Estonians started TransferWise in 2011 when they were both living in London. Mr Kaarman was being paid in pounds but had bills to pay in Estonia, and Mr Hinrikus was being paid in euros but need pounds for his living costs.
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They came up with a way of sending money into each other's account which meant they did not have to pay banks extra fees for the transfer.
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"Banks are very slow to move.
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The way TransferWise works is that instead of sending money across borders, the company matches people transferring money in one direction with people transferring it in the other - so called peer-to-peer transfers.
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Effectively, you are buying your currency from other individuals.
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The "mid-market" rate the site gives is taken from the rate published by Reuters and it is often significantly less than the rates offered by traditional currency exchange businesses.
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The firm charges a fee of £1 on all transactions up to £200, and 0.25% thereafter."

Simples.
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Não precisam de ser uma empresa com a veleidade de oferecer toda a gama de serviços bancários, basta focarem-se num JTBD e serem bons nisso.