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I walk past the Royal Festival Hall daily and have been relieved to see the renovation work by Allies and Morrison architects has managed to keep the character of the place. I've also been meaning to ...
It seems that September was the month for contact-less payments. Barclaycard launched the three-way OnePulse, touted as a panacea for Londoners as it combines a credit card with a contact-less payment...
Day 4 of Sibos is a Thursday, which of course means the Thursday-night Sibos party. It’s also the day for summing-up conversations with the attendees – “Well, what do you think?” The most-asked ques...
From a corporate point of view isn’t SEPA all about being sensible? As usual I find myself jet lagged and awake at 2am following another SIBOS and I look back at all the topics I have been involved wi...
After the last few hectic days at Sibos here in Boston it was a delight to sit down in the closing plenary and rest my rapidly fading voice and tired feet. There is always an inclination not to take i...
The day started with an early breakfast – the orange juice was vital for everyone who has been living on the standard Sibos diet of canapés and alcohol and who might be frightened of getting scurvy! ...
The past 35 years have seen extraordinary changes within financial services. The advent of powerful, low-cost information and communication technologies has dramatically altered not only the means by ...
During this week at Sibos I have seen the results of several surveys around SEPA. Most would imply that the industry is not only positively engaged, but will achieve full migration by 2012 at the lat...
Around a thousand delegates got to the exhibition centre bright and early this morning to hear what is sure be the most inspiring speech of the conference given by Nicholas Negroponte, founder and cha...
Day 2 of the Swift conference in Boston was filled with meetings about SEPA and the PSD (for those of you outside Europe this is the Payment Services Directive, the new legislation to harmonise the pa...