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This is a Marks & Spencer bank. Over the next two years, the retailer is opening 50 new in-store branches throughout the country, the first of which will launch in July at M&S's flagship Marbl...
Maturity across the Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) and Credit Valuation Adjustments (CVA) space varies greatly across the industry. Our recent survey provided some interesting insights as to whether b...
Talking to people, there is still confusion about what OpenMama is. There are good descriptions of the OpenMama release at the Web Site, but for those with experience of the Nyse/Wombat products, it c...
While it hasn’t yet come into force, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ('FATCA') has already stirred some very heated debate. Regulatory bodies, industry experts and financial services providers ...
‘Shortage in liquidity will kill you instantly and excess liquidity will kill you over time’ is a well-known industry saying which serves as a very real warning to banks across the globe of the danger...
In an earlier post, I said that usability at multiple touch points was imperative to the success of the digital wallet. But there's more to it than just putting a multi touch point strategy in place. ...
"It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-g...
Mobile operators, handset makers, retailers and financial institutions are all staking their claim for a share of the digital wallet opportunity. Who wins the wallet war will depend upon a number of f...
In February this year, Barclays introduced PingIt - a mobile platform for account-to-account payments. Antony Jenkins, Chief Executive, Barclays Retail and Business Banking said: “Barclays Pingit co...
As in all aspects of life, there are always at least two points of view for one same problem. If I come to think about it, there are probably as many opinions, as people are interested in Spain and t...
It all started with the "clean city" concept that had nothing to do with (un)tidy streets in that case (although, there is a programme for that too): London [Olympics] Organizing Committee ...
*SOUND THE NAVEL GAZING ALARM* While writing my last post on PFMs I was struck by how certain ideas and themes recur in my writing and thinking. I am starting to get the feeling I am burdened by thes...