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The rulemaking under Dodd-Frank and EMIR is a dry dust place, but things are starting to get a bit more real and a bit more interesting... Back in 2008, G20 specified that OTC derivatives contracts sh...
It has been some time since we last posted on mobile security standards (originally the topic surfaced when Global Platform started working with the GSMA and EMVCo) but many industry players have anno...
With the advent of central counterparty (CCP) interoperability in Europe, 2011 has been the year where we have finally witnessed competition at the clearing layer of securities trading. Recent interop...
This week, McKinsey and EFMA issued a report on the future of mobile banking in Europe. Is it a surprise? Not exactly. What strikes me about the report is that whilst banks admit that they are not in...
Spain published seven standards as part of its National Interoperability Framework. Such standards are aimed at ‘operational interoperability among public administration authorities, and between the S...
It was 1995 when I started to work with online banking.We created services like mobile banking in year 1997 for WAP based mobile banking with Post It Notes because there were no WAP phone in hand. Now...
Just came back from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission meetings in Beijing. It was a great conference with excellent content and debates, from the rules making activities t...
Dear Bank IT Manager, It is incredible how fast time passes. I think that the same week of my last post I sowed rocket seeds in my vegetable patch. Well, I still cannot eat the rocket but it is clearl...
As many believe a double dip is around the corner, increased returns are on every investor’s mind. One way to achieve this can come in the form of dividends as they continue to increase. Shore Capital...
Perhaps it’s no coincidence, but on 20th October as Lord Adair Turner (FSA Chairman) addressed his audience (at the Mansion House, London) on the subject of the UK’s new regulatory structure, on the s...
The banking industry has become a buyer's market, where corporate treasurers carefully select their bank relationship partners and demand more added-value services. Should banks stay on separate produ...
There are, apparently, over 500 million Facebook users worldwide and 26 million in the UK, which is a staggering proportion of the global and UK population. Social networks are by their very nature al...