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For many years I have written about why PDF is the ideal process for eBilling and eInvoicing alike. The proof is in the adoption statistics – ‘push’ email billing solutions produce double or triple th...
The release of RIM's Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0 last week fired a warning shot to Apple that the enterprise tablet war is wide open. Ironically, having dominated the smartphone market in the enterpris...
I was recently asked about my thoughts on the relationship between CSR and reputation in banking. My initial reaction (true for other sectors too, I think) is that a CSR programme that exists simply...
It's been interesting to see trends emerge for the Finextra apps that we have on the market, which in turn gives us a not-very-scientific insight into the Finextra Readership. Since we launched the ...
Dear Bank IT Manager, You might wonder why I have disappeared for a month and a half. Well, it has been a hectic period with a lot of projects commencing at the same time. When are banks going to move...
Over the past twelve months the payments industry has been awash with talk of NFC; when will it become mainstream and what will it look like? It is unsurprising then, that much of the mobile payment ...
As MWC comes to a close, it is clear that there is an array of new and exciting mobile banking and payments offerings on their way. Putting all the hype to one side, three trends have stood out for me...
There is an ongoing debate if bank branches will survive. Yes they will! Branches will survive in response to customers’ expectation and experience. The classic bank model will be more expensive for c...
In a new regulatory environment, banks are faced with changing the foundation of rewards programs that were previously funded by interchange income from credit and debit cards. With debit interchange ...
With the plethora of news emanating from Barcelona this week, it has been interesting to see announcements about strategic partnerships in the mobile financial services space dominating the headlines....
It will come as no surprise that Mobile World Congress this year has been dominated by smartphones and how they impact our day-to-day lives. Figures vary, but there is general agreement that the indu...
2012’s RSA Conference kicks off February 27th. Executive Chairman, RSA, Security Division of EMC Arthur Coviello, Jr. will present a program focused on the fact that in the past 18 months, organizati...