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Mexico eInvoicing - Inbound Validation is Required

One of the top questions that comes up in virtually every Mexico e-Invoicing meeting is: Do I really need to do the inbound validation of invoices? Many companies think that they don't have to do th...

11 Jul 2012
Electronic invoicing
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Should Amazon be slapped on the wrist?

A French friend of mine recently boasted about his "ultra-secure" credit card issued by his local bank - that card required SMS-based authorization of every transaction. There is nothing sec...

11 Jul 2012
Innovation in Financial Services
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You get what you pay for

Clients and suppliers need strong complementary capabilities to make IT outsourcing relationships successful. Extensive studies have shown this to be a fact. The offshore factory with the cheapest se...

11 Jul 2012
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Savvy Investors Challenge Fee Billing Processes

Investors are getting smarter, and their changing needs and expectations are having a notable impact on the requirements of the technological infrastructure that asset managers rely on to accurately h...

09 Jul 2012
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A Balanced View

Viewing a balance is by far the number one transaction conducted in Mobile banking. Eighty per cent of the time it is the only activity done by a customer after they login. That’s right. Eight out ...

08 Jul 2012
Innovation in Financial Services
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Be flexible, be tactical, but whatever you do: just do it

According to the most recent figures in the annual World Payments Report*, there are about 260 billion non-cash payments made each year, with credit and debit card use up by 9.7% at the last count. Th...

06 Jul 2012
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Whilst my breath is still warm

Good to see that the HFT community is finally starting to educate the regulators and policymakers. As we all know, the debate hinges on whether these firms are really acting as electronic versions of...

06 Jul 2012
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Contactless payments since 1926

On my desk sits one of the first contactless credit cards. It dates back to 1926 when it worked in exactly the same way as its modern NFC successor - you present it to buy goods or services. If they ...

05 Jul 2012
Innovation in Financial Services
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Building a risk mitigation culture for asset managers

Asset managers are facing a catch-22. More frequent and larger risk volatility shocks are on the cards. At the same time, restricted budgets and resources mean they aren’t getting a clear understandin...

03 Jul 2012
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Changing a Sales Culture that is Institutionalized

INTRODUCTION Your organization has decided that you must develop new processes, methodologies and technologies to increase the effectiveness and compliance of your sales force. Those you have, the one...

03 Jul 2012
Innovation in Financial Services
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Bottom-Up Approach for Business Intelligence

We all get used to looking at Business Intelligence as a tool for strategic decisions mostly for top management. In looking at today’s business intelligence software market you will find a wide array ...

03 Jul 2012
Financial Risk Management
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Clearly better?

An interesting few days in London last week at the annual derivatives bash, IDX. Naturally much of the debate and discussion was on the impending collision of the OTC and exchange-traded worlds that ...

02 Jul 2012

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