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Can we FIX the consolidated tape?

I attended the FIX Protocol EMEA quarterly briefing yesterday evening and was asked to sit on a panel to discuss the impact of MiFID II, especially in light of the CESR recommendations that were pub...

30 Jul 2010
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Are Successful Consulting Projects an Illusion?

Based on the “Qualifications” listed in any consulting firm’s proposal, one would believe that the banking world is awash with successful projects. But is this simply an illusion? The managers that hi...

28 Jul 2010
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Echo chambers and primary research: what's the balance?

Finextra today announces Citi's consolidation of innovation centers, with the bank's executive citing the need to be closer to the "echo chamber" that exists here in the Bay Area. Count me

28 Jul 2010
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A new economy needs new ways to improve processes

We all know that financial services companies of all sizes are facing tough economic challenges at the moment. These challenges are coming from one of the toughest directions possible: customers do no...

28 Jul 2010
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APAC remittances: Are banks missing the opportunity?

The Southeast Asia and Pacific region has one of the most mobile workforces in the world. The Philippines and Indonesia in particular are major sources of these workers, with many migrating to the Mid...

28 Jul 2010
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The Wolf is at the door - can he blow the bank down?

Last week saw me in New York, at what could prove to be a historic moment for both the US and potentially the world's financial markets, what with one of the widest sweeping shake-ups of US financial ...

28 Jul 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
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Visa Inc.. becomes a Payment Institution !

On July 21 Visa Inc.. announced the completion of its acquisition of CyberSource Corporation (for a total of $ 2 Billion). This acquisition allows Visa to reinforce his mastery over the management of

27 Jul 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
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Strategy No. 6: Knowing your customers is to keep them.

With confidence in the financial system taking a hard knock, few things are more important to banks at the moment than keeping customers happy. Talk about customer-specificity has been doing the round...

26 Jul 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
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Corporates still in the dark about SEPA

The latest newsletter from the European Payments Council (EPC) provides some interesting insights into SEPA migration to date, but offers little advice and guidance to the corporate sector about how ...

23 Jul 2010
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SEPA - who will step up to the challenge?

Comments from Gerard Hartsink in the latest EPC newsletter underline the plight of the SEPA Schemes – ultimately that we're in danger of ending up with a politically-driven mess. At Sibos 2008 I blog...

23 Jul 2010
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Contactless technology waves goodbye to cash

This blog was created while Mark was working at The Logic Group. Contactless payment technology continues to develop; it is a hot topic of discussion as Barclaycard rolls out an update to its TV adver...

22 Jul 2010
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Comprehensive Protection Against Fraud

In the past decade there has been a sharp increase in focus on the security of cardholder data held by third parties. High profile data breaches and the associated losses resulting from the fraudulen

22 Jul 2010
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