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New forms for short selling notifications post 10 June 2013 were recently published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The website has now been updated to include a Fact sheet on Short Selling...
Payments Challenges in Emerging Markets supporting high growth economies As the world changes its perception of emerging markets beyond the now well-documented BRICS success stories, Africa and in par...
When online banking first came on the scene it heralded a new era where customers could check their balance and pay their bills any time, day or night. A few banks integrated it immediately into their...
To successfully implement Account Payable E-invoicing or Shared Services in Latin America, you will need a regional solution approach that is addressing the issues, culture and technical requirements....
By John Doyle • June 25th 2013 The Payexpo conference and exhibition held last week at the Excel in London was a busy affair. Three main streams a non-stop exhibition and several side events meant t...
All markets have to have a basis of trust between parties if they are to be successful and as we have seen in recent times the loss of trust is a terminal risk to business. Trust today however should ...
"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" Albert Einstein In previous articles I have outlined the progression technology in the City that began to al...
On April 17th, the ICC Banking Commission approved the URBPO contractual rules, which will be brought into effect from July 1st 2013.This recent announcement is likely to create ripples in the financi...
Apologies for the headline. NatWest Bank caused a minor ripple through social media today - no, not another network fail - they cracked a joke, on Twitter no less. See below... Not sure if the NatWest...
Those of us in the payments industry talk regularly about the potential of mobile payments and the benefits they could bring. Laying aside for the moment the fact that I feel, at times, as if we all g...
Ever wondered why contactless / NFC payments are accepted and available today at only 2% of the POS locations? The contactless technology (NFC is its close cousin) is heavily marketed by payment indus...
Abstract This blog entry compares the need for technological transformation in two segments of the financial industry, both exhibiting similar phases of development but at different points in time. It...