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Buying something because you have to is no fun. In this regard, many of today’s first and second-generation mobile call recording systems currently being implemented by investment banks are, frankly, ...
Cash only really works if everyone involved in a transaction agrees to pretend that some types of bits of paper or metal disc have more intrinsic value than others. Call me old fashioned, but beads, i...
I recently realised that this is a question that all my clients raise when they begin engaging with their customers through social media. It was a question I was starting to dread because I wasn’t sur...
Interesting contrast last week where the LSE’s market share of the FTSE 100 fell definitively below 50% whilst at the same time BME’s market share in the IBEX 35 remained stubbornly close to 100%. B...
Back-and-forth, side-to-side. The “limit up-limit down” measure of preventing another Flash Crash is down one minute and back up the next. It seems to be back up at the moment, after financial service...
More ideas will develop when bright minded people meet. Last weeks i have been looking new or old Innotribe Idea box services. Preatty nifty idea but is it lacking promotation or don't banking busines...
Many in the investment management world would agree that the cloud is gaining traction in the sector. While generally those in the front office don’t foresee much impact from the technology, the middl...
A bit overdue, but here’s the third installment of the 4 C’s of core banking. Finding the best way to tackle legacy core systems has re-emerged as a key topic of debate among banks, from top tier glob...
Mobile devices continue to develop, with new hardware, operating systems and software coming regularly to market amidst a wave of publicity and fanfare – just look at the speculation surrounding the n...
Speaking to prospects and customers about their experiences in trialing and using different mobile-recording systems, I’m surprised by some of the myths that I hear. If you’ve still not implemented a...
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 communicatio...
In my last blog, I stated that security is the number one concern for retail bank customers and investment bank managers. In fact, at one time or another, nearly all of our investment banking clients ...