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Interesting to see that Profit&Loss running a story that the US futures Exchange ICE may be preparing to buy our all three shareholders (Credit Suisse, BNY Mellon and FXCM) of FX platform Fastmatc...
In the electronic payments world, the complex maze of payment product processors in banks, each dedicated to a payment type, led to the evolution of an envelope layer that would sit behind all payment...
Radical cost-cutting, branch-closing and job-axing are no longer enough. In the era of digitalization, low interest margins, strict regulations and brave new-entrant banks will need to find a new appr...
Although the festive season is still five months away, restaurants are already taking bookings for Christmas. They are not alone - retailers and ecommerce outlets are also gearing up for what is gener...
Many discussions of security standards emphasize how Chip + PIN and Two Factor Authentication reduce fraud loss and exhort countries using Magstripe / Chip + Signature and Single Factor Authen...
To say there is “hype” around FinTech doesn’t do justice to the some of the rather breathless reports that have recently been appearing. Some of this is a genuine feeling (bothin media and industry) t...
When you tap in with Apple Pay on the TfL's network in London (e.g. enter the Tube), the transaction goes to the issuer for authorization. In the case of Amex, they - unlike Visa - charge you £0.10 at...
Under MiFID II, both buy-side and sell-side firms are required to record and to report on, separately, the algorithms used in making both the investment decision and the execution decision. In most ag...
Many believe that the loyal customer is a dying breed. And in an age where countless savings can be found online and budget retailers offer tempting discounts, who can really blame them? Recent figure...
One could be more forgiving and attribute bad UX to "teething problems", but not when it comes to the world's largest company and expansion launch (rather than greenfield ops). Apple should ...
Over the past few months I've been talking with people on both sides of the Atlantic - exchanges, brokers and ISVs - about the emerging concept of electronic specifications in financial services, and ...
So someone comes up to you in a restaurant—a complete stranger—and asks to look at your driver’s license. What do you do? Show it to that person? You’d have to be one loony tune to do that. However, t...