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One of the great joys of my role is to spend quality time with the executive teams from the world’s top banks. Hearing directly from them what is propelling them out of bed in the morning and what is ...
George Osborne’s announcement that the Government is to explore the regulation of Bitcoins will have had an ominous ring to it for those attracted to the virtual currency precisely because it is not c...
What the regulation of payday loans means for retail banking. The FCA's announcement of tougher regulations for payday lenders in the UK has already split opinion. Whether a welcome protection for the...
That’s the future, if Tesco has any say in the matter. Just a couple of weeks after Facebook announced that it is to offer payments in Europe, banks in the UK now face war on two fronts, in the battle...
Recent news that Isis, the US telco-based mobile payments platform, is growing at a rate of 20,000 users a day, was welcomed as validation by the cheerleaders of mobile banking. For the rest of us – t...
The recent news that Facebook is close to gaining a banking license in Europe is an interesting development, and potentially quite a frightening one for the established banks. No longer will banks be ...
Whilst the telecommunications industry tackles the challenges of delivering secure digital services to its customers, banks are going one step further to enhance the banking experience. When it comes...
Were you at SIBOS in September? If so, did you get a chance to see how new products, services and technologies are being rolled out in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region? During my last tr...