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Hans Tesselaar

Stop, collaborate and listen: BIAN and The Open Group align

This month sees another milestone on the road towards widespread open standards in banking IT, in the shape of a new partnership between BIAN and The Open Group. Bringing together the banking sector e...

14 Feb 2012
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Mysemenos: cold feet, again?

Close to midnight Bloomberg quoted "two people familiar with the matter" and announced that "Misys, has attracted interest from buyout firms and would consider alternatives if they deem...

14 Feb 2012
Innovation in Financial Services
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Misys and Temenos: who buys the story?

18 months ago, as I commented the 100 Software Vendors from American Bankers, Misys occupied the position #31 as technology provider to financial services and it receives 44% of its revenue from the f...

11 Feb 2012
Innovation in Financial Services
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It's done: Temenos and Misys will become Mysemenos

According to Reuters, Temenos and its UK competitor Misys said on Tuesday had agreed to a number of key terms on a possible all-share merger that could create one of the world's largest standalone fin...

08 Feb 2012
Innovation in Financial Services
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Misys and Temenos: is it good for the Banks?

Almost 18 Months after the takeover from Odyssey Financial Technologies, Temenos announced to be considering “strategic combination with Misys plc to be effected by way of an all share merger”. Proba...

04 Feb 2012
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Enrico Camerinelli

What Will Happen in Wholesale Banking

I’d like to share with the community the most significant trends in wholesale banking my analyst colleagues and I are anticipating for 2012. The years following the 2008 financial crisis were challeng...

03 Feb 2012
Financial Supply Chain
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Importance of Relationship Based Pricing

In today's banking industry , most of the core banking solutions will support Customer Information File, General Ledger System, Transaction Processing and Posting, Loans & Deposits

01 Feb 2012
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2012 contradictions

The world bank has recently published their six monthly GEP report showing interesting contradictions in growth across various regions. In the Eurozone of course we are looking at a recession of 0.3%,...

24 Jan 2012
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Getting the most from trade finance

Investment banks have enormous positions to fund on a daily basis. This will include not only its own proprietary positions but also those of its clients who make use of the bank’s market capabilities...

23 Jan 2012
Post-Trade Forum
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The Bear Game

In the UK, the history of stock borrowing and lending has veered from being a well regulated, secure winner for all parts of the finance industry into an open season that is almost a free-for-all for ...

18 Jan 2012
Post-Trade Forum
Enrico Camerinelli

The Euro Crisis and Supply Chain Finance

The Euro Crisis and Supply Chain Finance: New Players Enter the Game Synopsis In recent years, a new breed of non-bank players has emerged in the European Supply Chain Finance (SCF) marketplace, offer...

16 Jan 2012
Financial Supply Chain
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Should short selling be banned?

There has been a huge media outcry that short selling is a major reason for the economic crisis. Worryingly people in the industry have bought this message and many firmly believe that short selling i...

13 Jan 2012
Post-Trade Forum

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