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Blockchain….the word has the freed the banking word from the chains of imagination...anything and everything is possible using blockchain technologies. It can mold itself in many ways across various i...
If you haven't heard, challenger bank Mondo now has to change its name due to trademark issues. They have called for a crowdsourced name to "involve the community" as much as possible. In d...
It is not surprising that the ripples created by financial benchmark manipulations from a half-decade ago are felt even today in the form of convictions, appeals, fines and more importantly tighter re...
It is well known that financial criminals are adept at finding the weakest link in a bank’s, or the banking systems, defence to attack. They can often do this by avoiding the immediate defensive measu...
I recently attended the FIA’s IDX conference in London and it was notable how many of the panel sessions centred on one particular topic. The kick-off panel for example, traditionally a big audienc...
Across industries, conversations around the use of cloud are commonplace. The benefits around lower costs, access from anywhere on any device and ease of implementation aren’t new. And yet, from talki...
This year’s FIA IDX International Derivative Expo kicked off with a pointed note of caution to regulators from FIA’s president and CEO Walt Lukken. He said that the industry is facing some real challe...
During the 2016 Temenos Community Forum (TCF) in Barcelona, Strands General Manager Pau Velando sat down with digital banking thought leader Michal Panowicz, SVP & Deputy Head of Digital Banking a...
Compliance is big business. The four big UK banks have paid out $75 billion in penalties by August 2015 and 20 global banks paying out $235 billion since the financial crash. Compliance officers are ...
No matter which trading session you are most active in, sleep is important for a successful forex trading career. Getting better sleep should be a priority for all forex traders. It improves general h...
Last month I attended the excellent blockchain conference, Consensus 2016, in New York. The theme for the conference was "Making Blockchain Real". Day 1 proceedings were a little distracted ...
Trade growth in Asia – Boon or Bane Asia is the world’s largest trade-finance market today. In 2013, Emerging Asia accounted for approximately one-fourth of the value of global exports. This is expect...