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Richard Collinson

Brexit: Why not put Article 50 on the backburner

Does it not make sense to pause for breath in this process. I believe we need to be able to negotiate a more favourable deal than that on the table at present but we cannot do that under the time pres...

12 Dec 2018
A Finextra Member

Open banking starts with culture change

Open banking has swiftly turned from being a buzzword into the means of bringing financial services in the new paradigm. Change is inevitable and corporate culture is a good place to start. For decade...

12 Dec 2018
Open Banking
Andrew Beatty

Conversational Banking: How to Start the Conversation

"How satisfied are you with your bank?" is a staple question in Voice of Customer (VOC) surveys. However, one question that is almost never asked is "How proactive is your bank in reach...

12 Dec 2018
Digital Banking Trends
Matthew Phillips

2019: Time to stop being a 'jack of all trades'

When it comes to technology, financial institutions are up to their knees in regulations, security measures and legacy infrastructure, which make them slow to adapt to new trends. The last few years h...

12 Dec 2018
Bob Lyddon

Phase 2 of Project Carlton on UK payments landscape: submerged by paper mountain

The last update we gave was that the sponsor of Project Carlton had signed off on the initial research and endorsed its sharing for validation with five or six interested parties. We did that, got ver...

12 Dec 2018
Transaction Banking
A Finextra Member

Five DevOps trends for 2019

DevOps as an approach to software development has become widely established over the last nine years. Bringing the development and IT operations functions together has brought many benefits in the for...

12 Dec 2018
Banking Architecture
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Monetize Your Consumer Payments Platforms With Prepaid

Are you a small or medium-sized business looking to generate a recurring revenue stream and add additional income? Want to get a share of interchange fees when you customers make a purchase? Is it tim...

11 Dec 2018
A Finextra Member

Fintech is fighting back on fraud

Retailers are in the midst of the busiest shopping period of the year, starting from Black Friday, through to Cyber Monday, pre-Christmas, Boxing Day and then the January sales. Huge volumes of money ...

11 Dec 2018
Fintech
Michael Kerman

Customer Screening is the DIY Project From Hell

Every year, without fail, many banks and financial institutions embark on internal projects to improve their compliance operations. And every year, also without fail, they stumble and get stuck. What ...

11 Dec 2018
Financial Risk Management
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The Innovation Game

Banks are facing up to the challenges of the digital age. But legacy systems remain a hindrance to innovation. How are banks addressing this challenge to deliver innovation at the speed that customers...

11 Dec 2018
Open Banking
Steve Wilcockson

Life After MiFID II

It's been a busy and fun Autumn on the London financial services conference circuit. I've been lucky enough to attend a healthy diversity of events with distinct though intersecting agendas. I've atte...

11 Dec 2018
MiFID
Shaun Thomas

The future of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

It is common practice for AML compliance departments to be traditionally people-heavy and technology inefficient. This is set to change in the next five years or so, with AML compliance departments pl...

11 Dec 2018
Financial Services Regulation

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