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The European Parliament's special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering has voted to adopt an interim report which includes recommendations on actions and initiatives to be tak...
I remember an old spy book from the 1960s that said “if you notice someone once, it’s chance; if you notice them twice, it’s a coincidence; but if you notice them three times, they’re following you”. ...
The 8th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum in Miami last week was a three-day collaboration involving financial service innovators—representatives from networks, like yours truly, to banks a...
The recently proposed cap on European dark trading has caused quite a stir. It also illustrates how MiFID II policy-making has descended into almost Eurovision song contest levels of farce. The basic ...
The European Commission (EC) has published a roadmap for a legislative proposal for the structural reform of EU banks. The expert group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector had stated ...
Paper turn-off-still a challenge Getting customers to turn off paper is proving to be more difficult than anticipated. Online banking has evolved tremendously from RBS' Homelink in 1983 to what is now...
The evidence is there that people are definitely embracing new ways to shop – be it Amazon, iTunes or even supermarket shopping with home delivery. In many cases, cash isn’t even an option when paying...
Moving into Q2, 2013 is fast on its way to being the year of the Chinese renminbi. The City of London initiative to make London the centre of offshore renminbi trading is well under way and all the bi...
Contactless payments are on the cusp of becoming main stream. Currently consumers can use the quick and convenient payment method in a number of shops and restaurants, including EAT and McDonalds. Acc...
The EU has published a consultation document seeking feedback on the effectiveness and efficiency of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) - the European Banking Authority, the European Securiti...
Everyone wants to be part of the mobile payments revolution. By now most players realized that there is no money in payments. The next stampede direction - Big Data. Who wouldn't want to fight over th...
MiFID, the mother of all European financial regulation, rumbles on and on. The European Commission’s MiFID IIconsultation in 2011, the Ferber Report in March 2012, and the European Parliament vote in ...