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(Apologies if you have already read the blog below under its previous title "Stamp Duty must go!") Now this might be a bit of a perennial at this time of year with the budget looming large, ...
As Gartner predicts, apparently against the run of events, healthy growth rates in global outsourcing this year (8.1 percent IT & BPO), I wonder if financial sector CIOs aren’t actually considerin...
No sooner have we closed the doors on our annual capital markets conference Finexpo – City Technology Strategies, than we’re opening registration for a new event, Finexpo – Green City. It’s part of a ...
Most people know that bottled water is a rip-off. Anyone for volcanic spring water from New Zealand at £21 for 42cl? There is in fact nothing wrong with tap water. But worse still is the energy and...
There is a trend underpinning Web 2.0. It is a turn to the small - the micro, the nano - whether in payments, transactions, communications, niche, enterprise or economy. It may be too early to label t...
Having been on the road and transitioned through 4 continents since early January, I have spent many a recent hour in an airport lounge counting airplanes and people watching. With my wife and child...
A week into the proceedings and I'm still very pleased with the iPhone. Shame the O2 coverage is so poor in my flat - but hey - it'll be summer soon so I can stand in the garden and shout "I'm in...
SWIFT is nearly always part of a discussion when industry wide STP is the topic, but does it deserve this high status? It maybe almost sacrilegious to question SWIFT, but with the 21st Century well un...
The primary objective of any payment system is to enable the circulation of funds. Without a robust infrastructure enabling smooth flow of funds, none of the financial institutions can assume the role...
After recovering from the round of spontaneous street parties and celebrations that marked the introduction of the Single Euro Payments Area last month, my old mucker Dave Birch decided to try out the...
Many of the 600+ delegates attending Finexpo City Technology Strategies in London last Wednesday have requested copies of particular presentations. For those speakers who did use a set of powerpoi...
Without too much fanfare, Nokia and China Unionpay recently launched a near field communication (NFC) contactless payments trial in Shanghai allowing users to download a loyalty application over the a...