Instigate change. Start a new collaborative Blog Group

Create group
Blogs
A Finextra Member

Gamification Addiction - will banks get hooked on dopamine?

I seem to be finding a lot of articles relating to gamification nowadays. I read this Forbes articles recently and it really resonated. It is strange how gaming and entertainment, despite seeming ...

06 Nov 2013
A Finextra Member

Information Governance Removes Financial Drain of Compliance

Financial Services Institutions (FSIs) are increasingly faced with a host of regulatory and legal woes, which are increasing operating costs and eating into profits, as they continue to grapple with t...

06 Nov 2013
A Finextra Member

And the Winner Is... Hybrid Trading!

With the structure of global OTC markets – particularly OTC derivatives - going through some fundamental changes at the moment, it is perhaps not surprising that the main focus of many firms in the i...

06 Nov 2013
A Finextra Member

Evolution of Channel Banking

Banking jargon like multi-channel banking, cross-channel banking and now, omni-channel banking, has led to confusion among bankers and customers alike. Bankers are unsure as to what banks actually wan...

06 Nov 2013
A Finextra Member

HCE possibilities

Many have seen Google announcement for supporting Host Card Emulation in their latest Android 4.4 KitKat OS. HCE is not new technology. BlackBerry had is for some time in their devices. But wider HCE ...

06 Nov 2013
A Finextra Member

A condom with a hole

Google made waves last week with their announcement about Host Card Emulation (HCE) solution that allows, inter alia, to "emulate" EMV without requiring any secure element (SE). Oh my... Go...

05 Nov 2013
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Making Business Personal Again

My parents ran a small, largely cash business. My mum would make weekly runs to the bank on the bus with a plastic shopping bag of cash, on the understanding that no one bothered to mug a middle aged ...

05 Nov 2013
A Finextra Member

EMIR trade reporting: The race to comply

The media is awash with speculation on the preparedness (or indeed, lack of preparedness) of buyside firms for European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). With the EMIR trade repository authoris...

05 Nov 2013
A Finextra Member

Operation Waking Shark 2

Operation Waking Shark 2 is due to take place in Britain in mid-November and although it may sound like something from an episode of Homeland, it is in fact a serious test of Britain’s financial servi...

04 Nov 2013
A Finextra Member

AIFMD - Hong Kong ad Dubai regulators sign MoUs

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the Dubai Financial Services Authority have entered into memoranda of understandings (MoUs) under the Alternative Investments Fund Managers Directi

04 Nov 2013
Financial Services Regulation
A Finextra Member

Viva la 'bitcoin' revolucion!

The future of money is a decentralised, unregulated, completely digital currency. I feel like the only thing that anyone’s talking about now is bitcoin. Bitcoin ATMs, the Silk Road shutdown, the man w...

01 Nov 2013
Future Finance
A Finextra Member

Automation and the BoE objectives

Bank of England governor Mark Carney yesterday ordered a strategic review of how the central bank uses its resources. Carney’s aim is to realign the institution to meet its role in managing monetary ...

01 Nov 2013

Now hiring