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a non-active Finextra member | 11/09/2008 | 1306 views | 1 comment

Discussion forum will add value to FinExtra

Discussion forum is one of fundamental feature of any community site. This is missing at FinExtra. We could have Discussion forums at Group level. "Connect and communicate with their peers using a private messaging" also has scope of improvement

a non-active Finextra member | 31/08/2008 | 3122 views

Cost cutting... Is it being done correctly? Who to blame?

Every time recession hits market we start seeing so many people loosing jobs. This happens across business domains. Every single person; from a clerk to the CEO, everyone know that such rough phase is going to come periodically irrespective of what business they are in. What kind of planning is done by the leaders (CEOs, VPs, …) to handle t... Group: Futuristic Banking

a non-active Finextra member | 17/08/2008 | 5162 views | 4 comments

Is SWIFT doing enough? Is it evolving at enough pace?

SWIFT decided to move to XML standards in year 1999. Since then, we have been hearing about MX standards (XML based). In all SWIFT presentations I have seen so far, I always hear about MX messages. SWIFT also maintains and releases MX standards every year. I always get a message that SWIFT will finally be moving everything to MX, but I never get a ... Tags: Post-trade & ops, SibosGroup: SWIFT Matters

a non-active Finextra member | 09/08/2008 | 3687 views

Microsoft Technologies in Financial Domain - SWIFT

SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is one of widely accepted way to do financial transaction between financial institutions. It has over 8,300 banking organizations, securities institutions and corporate customers in more than 208 countries. If you look at the SWIFT evolution in the market they cover overall market... Tags: Payments, Post-trade & opsGroup: Trends in Financial Services

a non-active Finextra member | 08/08/2008 | 2850 views

Leverage technology for cost cutting - SWIFT

Most Financial Institutions have been very slow in upgrading themselves with new technologies. Obviously they cannot do frequent upgrades BUT all of them should regularly review their existing systems to identify areas where technology can help them in cost reduction. One of big operation cost for any financial institution is in sending financia... Tags: Payments, Post-trade & opsGroup: Trends in Financial Services