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Banking on Corporates for Business - Think Again!

Banks of every size are keen to win and retain Corporate customers – nothing new here. However, what is surprising to me is how many banks I think are missing a trick when it comes to realising oppor...

17 Nov 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
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SHA-2 Protocol: to cloud, or not to cloud?

When the Bacs payment scheme implements SHA-2 internet security certification next year, anyone submitting direct payments will need to upgrade their Bacs approved software to ensure they can submit s...

12 Nov 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Anish Kapoor

What next for UK payments?

Innovative technology has given businesses an opportunity to boost their customer service. In today’s digital-savvy world, real-time payment processing meets customer demand to speed up receipt of fun...

11 Nov 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
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Key takeaways from World Payments Report 2015

Capgemini Consulting and RBS recently released WPR 2015 it is quite comprehensive study of the manner in which payments industry is growing globally. Below mentioned is my takeaway (Also added a few p...

13 Oct 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
A Finextra Member

Journey Towards Cashless Economy Part 3 Business

The objective of this 3 part series is to examine in brief the barriers and motivators for the key players in India’s (the author believes it has elements that can stand true for any economy that inte...

08 Oct 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
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Journey Towards Cashless Economy Part 2 Consumer

The objective of this 3 part series is to examine in brief the barriers and motivators for the key players in a Journey towards a cashless society. In part 1 the role of retailer in this journey was s...

29 Sep 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
A Finextra Member

Journey Towards Cashless Economy Part 1

The objective of this 3 part series is to examine in brief the barriers and motivators for the key players in (the author believes it has elements that can stand true for any economy that intends to g...

26 Sep 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Barry Kislingbury

How can we handle settlement for cross-border immediate payments?

Global real time interoperability is in our sights – immediate payments plus the industry consensus that ISO 20022 is the standard ‘de jour’ are paving the way towards a harmonised digital banking fut...

18 Sep 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Miloslav Hoschek

Innovation eats banks

The era after 2020 will be more volatile and full of drastic changes. What are the strategic areas for banking payment industry? Should payments be as quick as e-mails or messaging with smart phone a...

27 Jul 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
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Automation can mitigate risk, here’s why it is imperative

Financial services can be a risky business. For corporate treasurers it is listed as yet another of their “key priorities”, particularly as they become more involved in the strategic decision making ...

26 Jun 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Barry Kislingbury

Why the World Class Payments Project is good news for the UK

It is not very often in our industry that we get the opportunity to say there is fantastic news for banks, however that is exactly what the new ‘World Class Payments’ project, instigated by the UK Pay...

18 Jun 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
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Let's start with the failures shall we?

Now there’s a downer of an opening question if ever there was one to an IT sales person. All fresh faced, enthused by all the great news he had to impart and more than a dozen reasons why his company...

27 Mar 2015
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

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