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The challenges of regulation for SEPA were made clear in the "SEPA 2010" session at Sibos today when the European Commission declared that "moving from self-regulation to regulation is ...
This was a very unexpected statement from one of the speakers at the Mobile Keynote at Sibos 2010. Next time you do a presentation, try the following with your audience. Ask how many people have a mob...
I might not be physically at Sibos, but with social media and the power of the web it doesn’t mean one can’t keep up with the debate, albeit virtually. As I scan through the video recordings on variou...
Interesting comments from Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s departing chief software architect. This is a topic with big implications for anyone choosing a software platform. By brilliantly seizing the opportu
It's very interesting to see that Southern Africa plans a SEPA-style payments harmonisation, and that they consider that learning from the experience in Europe could be very useful. Something that imm...
If I was to identify one dominant response from bankers at SIBOS this week it is confusion. Not confusion over the event, where to find sessions, or what they are doing here, but confusion over where ...
This week we have witnessed the financial services industry head in droves to Amsterdam for the annual Sibos event. This year, I expect that there will be three key themes shaping the event: Regulatio...
Customer service is key but resources are a challenge. Mobile banking is one of a handful of new banking services that seemed to come along just as banks withdrew investment in new services and reigne...
Swift’s message yesterday morning at the Innovation opening keynote was clear. This week all our problems will be solved. They were referring to banking and IT problems of course, otherwise we’d be he...
Over the last couple of weeks, we have been running a short poll on the ACI website to ask peoples’ views on payment systems in advance of Sibos, and the results are now in. We asked respondents what ...
Sibos 2010 is upbeat, at least on day one. We kicked off early with the first Innotribe session drawing in innovators, SWIFT and quite a following from banks and vendors. Appropriately, it was covere...
For anyone that doesn't know, Aussie rules football is a highly physical contact sport that combines elements of rugby and football and is a major participant and spectator sport in Australia. One of ...