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As Apple launched its iPhone5 without NFC, lots of us asked the question: is this just a commercial strategy from Apple, or they simply don’t believe in the future of NFC? Many researchers and analyst...
With recent industry press discussing how weak volumes on the sell-side are driving the consolidation of broker-sponsored EMS platforms, the EMS is rapidly becoming a commodity which means that cost w...
One of the mandates of the 2009 G20 summit was to ensure the electronic trading and central clearing of standardised OTC derivatives. OTC or ‘over-the-counter’ is seen as the antonym to exchange-trade...
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Most market experts agree that putting OTC into central clearing is a bad idea born from good intentions, but terrible knowledge of market operations and how to reduce risks. To the politician and the...
The operational maturity of a financial institution determines its ability to effectively process the accounting, cash flows, trading and transactional activity that supports its core business with th...
If you don’t think Web 3.0 isn’t already transforming the way banks do business, consider this story: The American bank BBVA Compass recently decided to drop the $25 anniversary bonus on its checking ...
For someone who repeatedly forgets to pay utility bills on time, the automated alert is a godsend. But there's more to this rather innocuous channel of communication than meets the eye. In fact, meani...
Contactless technology offers many benefits, including faster and easier transactions, versatility to be incorporated into various personal devices including mobile phones, and improved data security ...
Ring-fencing is never out of the news long at the moment, and the recently published Liikanen report, an EU-commissioned report on European banking, has now defined its version of implementation. It ...
Has anyone noticed a lack of young IT talent in the UK at the moment? You know what I’m talking about… Everyone you interview is a dud (even though their academic results are glowing) and they all exp...
I know it sounds ludicrous, but there are banks which indeed process several thousand transactions per second! Blink. The counter notched up another 5,000 transactions. Oh wait, that’s an additional 2...