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Steve Ellis

A look inside the heads of 34 expert fintech analysts

We asked the smartest analysts and influencers in fintech: what does 2014 hold in store for the world of financial technology? We got back 34 insightful perspectives on the year ahead, covering everyt...

16 Jan 2014
Alexander Mifsud

Banks, don't be scared of prepaid, but do it right

JPMorgan Chase may well be missing a trick here. There is a LOT of money to be made in prepaid. MasterCard is putting the global growth of the prepaid market as a whole at 27% CAGR – it’s already a bi...

16 Jan 2014
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Brett King could not have better timed his visit in Mumbai

Brett King could not have better timed his visit in Mumbai than yesterday So I had great time with Brett King for his seminar on Business of Banking in Mumbai, India conducted by Oracle and CXOToday.c...

16 Jan 2014
Online Banking
Zennon Kapron

Why you should watch China's banking industry in 2014

For decades, China has been known as the imitator and not the innovator. The argument goes that the West came up with social networking, mobile payments, group-buying, etc. and China imitated it, some...

16 Jan 2014
Future Finance
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Day 15 - 2014 Provides Evidence of Year of Recovery

Here are the signals I'm seeing: The big financial institutions (FIs) are beginning to take core system initiatives seriously, and not because of pundit criticisms. CIOs now have regained their spen...

15 Jan 2014
Anne Plested

MiFID II under starter's orders

So, the much-anticipated trilogue meeting finally took place yesterday. With negotiators for Parliament and the Council of Ministers under heavy pressure to resolve issues and avoid a threatened retur...

15 Jan 2014
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How Zapp can beat Visa in its own game

Zapp made some further progress by bringing onboard major banks. When it comes to e-commerce, Zapp could indeed represent a compelling value proposition if they do three things: (1) offer consumers ...

15 Jan 2014
Innovation in Financial Services
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Bringing iPads to the paddy fields - banking in rural India

I was reading this article a few days ago, that Central Bank of India wants 800 new bank branches in rural India. A recent survey of rural India has shown that there are only 36 branches for every mi...

15 Jan 2014
Asia Financial Services
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Ready, SEF, go

If 2013 was the year we spent forming our responses to the new rules for the derivatives industry, then 2014 will be the year we see if we got it right. Central to this will be how liquidity is disper...

14 Jan 2014
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SR2014. Part 4. Have you started yet?

In this, the 4th blog in a series around SR2014 I thought I’d share a few things that I’ve discovered as part of my own analysis now that the SR2014 User Handbook is out there. As is normal, a few thi...

14 Jan 2014
Standards Forum
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Central Clearing calls for effective collateral management

As Central Clearing is more and more widely adopted around the globe, collateral, especially highly liquid collateral, is in high demand. Compared with bilateral transactions, central counterparties (...

13 Jan 2014
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Tumbling Tins Focus on the Foundation to Win

Disclaimer: These opinions are purely mine and do not endorse my firms views or that of any individual of my firm. Tumbling Tins: Focus on the Foundation to Win - the title revolves around a topic r...

13 Jan 2014

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