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Do you offer free WiFi? Put these three safeguards in place to protect your customers and your business. On a recent trip from Boston to New York on an Acela Express train, I was writing blogs and d...
This week I’ve been traveling, so the bicycle has been stored in the garage and as I write this I find myself on a plane. Therefore, what better subject for this week's discussion than clouds- or more...
It’s fair to say that Apple knows a thing or two about disrupting a sector. Portable music players, mobile phones, tablet computing…its track record in fundamentally changing how we use and consume ha...
Inspired by my customer experience at Starbucks, in a previous blog I described the ‘Starbucks Effect’, showcasing how the coffee chain’s customer-centric focus fostered customer loyalty, customer ret...
front running exchanges why do exchanges allow "front running " ? HFT and Algos have suffered the wrath of loss volumes over recent years but is the main culprits our exchanges ? One of ...
In the US there is a Big Data project to collect every life sign data from every patient. The idea is to monitor patients and their medical histories, then to review if any warning signs are consisten...
Under the Regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is responsible for the registration and supervision ...
We have all heard about KYC, Know Your Customer and KYB, Know your Bank but it’s emerging that, particularly in the Corporates world, KYV, Know Your Vendor is just as important. For Corporates, the p...
PRMIA put on an event at MSCI on Wednesday, called "Innovations in Liquidity Risk Management". Melissa Sexton of Morgan Stanley introduced the agenda, saying that the evening would focus on...
In over two decades of using credit cards, I missed a payment for the first time a couple of months ago. This happened on my HSBC credit card, which I've been holding for nearly 10 years. I'm blaming ...
Just few weeks after BBVA acquired Simple Bank for EUR 100 Million; one of the biggest players in the Software Banking Industry, Misys went into the digital fight and took over, for an undisclosed amo...
The International Organization of Securities Committees (IOSCO) has outlined the four dimensions it will seek to achieve in its role as a global reference point for securities regulators, the industry...