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Craig Ramsey - ACI Worldwide - Watford | 31/10/2012 | 2885 views

Why travel to Sibos? Just look out of the window

The enormity of global trade is on display this year in Osaka, and it is more evident than ever that payments and trade finance are critical banking services supporting global economic growth. Each day participants navigate from hotels across the massive Kansai economic region of Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe-Nara to the INTEX conference center. On they way, w... Tags: Payments, Wholesale banking

Craig Ramsey - ACI Worldwide - Watford | 30/10/2012 | 1968 views | 1 comment

The return of the payments hub

After years of a lack of clear agreement from the financial sector, the payments hub is finally getting some focus, as companies seek significant gains in financial efficiency. No longer referred to as simply advancements in technology, rather it’s now about actually providing a solution to a business problem.For banks, a single payments hub ... Tags: Payments, Post-trade & ops

Craig Ramsey - ACI Worldwide - Watford | 29/10/2012 | 2403 views | 4 comments

At last, a SIBOS where conversation around SEPA is welcome

After years of speculation, this week in Osaka we finally appear to have a SIBOS with a SEPA conversation worth having. With the date for compliance across the Eurozone now set for February 2014, we are beginning to see a move by corporates to start to adopt SEPA standards.The business case for migrating ahead of the 2014 date has always been a tou... Tags: Sibos, Wholesale banking

Paul Styles - ACI Worldwide (EMEA) Limited - Watford | 22/09/2011 | 2550 views | 1 comment

Tackling regulation - what we learned from Sibos

Regulation is a fact of life in the payments business but when it was discussed at Sibos, people seemed united in their opinions on how best it should be tackled. And common standards and communication are at the root of their recommended approach. A regulation like Basel III is best implemented with a maximum harmonised approach across the globe,... Tags: Payments, Sibos

Killian Clifford - Mobile Money Consulting - London | 21/09/2011 | 3691 views | 3 comments

SIBOS - have banks missed the mobile payments boat?

With a session being held at Sibos today on whether it is too late for banks to compete in mobile payments, I thought I’d revisit a theme I’ve blogged about in the past; banks and their mobile payments’ strategy. Having spoken to a number of banks about their mobile money and payments strategy recently, it is clear that there is ... Tags: Payments, Sibos