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Interesting piece in the Financial Times recently on the issue of alternative groups like P2P lenders, insurers and asset groups seizing business from lenders by offering cheap and convenient finance....
Clearly, the payment services industry has got to the point where an important change is expected to take place. There are quite a few indications to suggest this. The EU has enacted and put into effe...
Another day, another robo-advice headline. It’s a human truth: we love to dissect a new trend and debate its merits. Internet communication amplifies this and we risk developing a distorted view of pr...
With technology, regulation and compliance advancing at such a rapid pace, it's important that companies keep abreast of any change that is likely impact their business and, notably, their ability to ...
As new know your customer (KYC) rules are being implemented by countries around the world, banks and investment management companies are beginning to realize the scale of the challenge around managing...
It’s surprising how many people think that ISINs (International Securities Identification Numbers) are free. In practice, very little around ISO standards is free, other than the time and effort that...
Are you looking for a profitable funding option for your small business? Are you worried that your business won’t get funded because you don’t have a flawless credit history? Having a perfect credit...
Following on from my post last week about the need for a ‘regulatory compliance framework’, I will now examine the importance of taking a more holistic view of this challenge. We are now in a much bet...
I’d like to consider what Value now means to the retail banking customer and what that means, in turn, for the retail banks that serve them. I'll offer a point of view on how banks have approached in...
I recently attended The Payments Knowledge Forum in London. This annual gathering of users, suppliers and consultants in the transaction switching business has a 30 year history. It started as EBUG ...
Who allocates ISINs to financial instruments? You could easily get half-a-dozen different answers based on the assumptions of people in financial markets. As a starting point, ISINs are not issued b...