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Can blockchain or distributed ledger technologies help prevent attacks on the world’s critical financial systems? Banks use standardised electronic messages, made up of codes and identifiers, a sort o...
Transaction banking has made remarkable progress in recent years. The easy availability of new tools and technologies has improved operating efficiency and accuracy. The challenges of increasing volum...
At the occasion of the 2016 Standards Forum to be held from 26 to 29 September in Geneva, I interviewed a number of SWIFT standards experts about the content of this year's programme. As each of the ...
Remember the good old days? When your trusty banking customer was loyal, low interest rates dictated competitive advantage and a customer’s main gripe was that you were the only shop on the high stree...
We are constantly discuss that financial design should be clear, simple and helpful in solving user issues. Traditional banks agree, but they wonder why we have to constantly repeat what appears to be...
On the road to a fascinating and much better future of work and private life my take would include the following main milestones: Moores law making computing expontially more efficient, cheaper and...
Agile — a testing framework introduced in 2001 — is now being used across various banks in order to cater to their IT project needs. The basic principles of the agile methodology are as follows: Rapi...
While Blockchain is seen by many as a network phenomenon that needs large market participation, collaboration and interoperability to succeed, both R3CEV and a group of four large global banks came wi...
Everyone likes to think they’re strategic. And that they can be tactical when they need to. When it comes down to it, though, how many of us are really either? How often have you heard someone ask wha...
Regulators' increased focus on consumer transactions has pushed compliance and risk management to the heart of the financial sector, and many organisations are struggling under the administrative burd...
The accumulation of risk in the buyside and its impact on economic growth In this blog, I would like to set aside convention and start with a conclusion, which is as follows: “constraining any market...