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Charmaine Oak

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Apple Pay Cash and the matter of trust

Over more than a decade now we have seen the launch of mobile wallets and prepaid cards, the high hopes for them and an often lukewarm response from the customer, followed by a phased withdrawal. I have myself been involved in a number of launches, in roles at many different parts of the payments, banking and money transfer ecosystem. There have b...

02 January 2018 Innovation in Financial Services

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Openness versus Certainty of regulations - What is more enabling?

Both openness and certainty are important to establishing what is termed as an “enabling” financial services(FS) regulatory environment. Firstly, what is an enabling regulatory environment? Just as plants would struggle to grow and survive without the right soil, climate and care, businesses too require the right mix to grow and thrive. For familie...

21 November 2016

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New Subscribe and Save Offer from Amazon could prove sticky

As I report that Amazon has been making further inroads into the UK online shopping market, I realise it is probably an under-statement. As it was our go-to provider long before the holiday season it is no wonder we availed of the great selection of offers during November/December. Free home delivery, the peace-of-mind from trouble-free returns an...

20 January 2016 Innovation in Financial Services

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AXA Fizzy - The New Kid On The Blockchain

Pleasure to read your post Ketharaman. However I had pause for thought at "AXA Fizzy doesn’t make claim process frictionless. It eliminates it altogether." .. A claim process is MEANT to filter out fraudulent claims, so as to keep the service sustainable and cost effective. Fortunately for mankind, human intervention is still important despite tech wizardry.

05 Jan 2018 10:16 Read comment

Man trapped in ATM slides 'help me' notes through receipt slot

Reminds me of when Santander put Jenson Button in an ATM in the UK, although handing out bank notes is a little different :-) http://digitalmoney.shiftthought.co.uk/the-jenson-button-what-bankers-should-do-next/

14 Jul 2017 09:23 Read comment

EBA rejects Commission amendments on screen scraping under PSD2

Thanks for the background @RalfOhlhausen @Ketharaman and others. It is good to have experts such as yourselves share so as to move this important decision forward.

05 Jul 2017 14:04 Read comment

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