Finextra@Sibos

Founded by Paul Penrose
Group founded 22 Jan 2007
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Members 24
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The Finextra@Sibos community is open to all delegates and exhibitors at the annual financial markets conference organised by financial messaging network Swift.

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Nick Hastings

Sibos exhibition floor activities

If you're going to be at Sibos or want to see what you're missing then don't forget to visit Finextra@Sibos' exhibition highlights diary during the Sibos week. We'll be featuring stand highlights, gi...

12 Oct 2010
Retired Member

Sibos: the real theme is cost reduction

We’ve been gearing up for Sibos for a couple of months now and in all our discussions with London-based international bankers, the show’s themes of the three Rs: Regulation, Rebuilding Trust and Recov...

11 Oct 2010
Elizabeth Lumley

What do you want from us? ... at Sibos

As the Summer sings its siren song, our thoughts at Finextra HQ inevitably flow to Sibos (this year in Amsterdam!). While I'm anticipating my first Sibos where I'm not overwhelmingly jet lagged for th...

13 Aug 2010
Roy McPherson

Cash and Liquidity Management obstacles.

In 2008 the great and the good of the banking world were attending SIBOS Vienna with no more thought than for any previous SIBOS or banking trade show. Even as delegates were checking into the confer

29 Jun 2010
Paul Penrose

Sibos 2009 - in words, pictures and videos

The Finextra@Sibos team have returned from Hong Kong exhausted but exhilarated after a week in which we posted: 30 news stories 100 company announcements 108 photos 9 videos Members of the global Fi...

22 Sep 2009
Elton Cane

Get your Sibos photos here!

Still waiting for the press photographer to turn up to your stand for the client handshake shot? Why not take your own pics and post them to the Sibos Community photos section on Finextra. https://www...

14 Sep 2009
Paul Penrose

Prince Obi's Chinese riddle

HSBC is doing its bit for international relations at this year's Sibos in Hong Kong by sending out a handy wallet-sized Cantonese phrase card to all delegates attending the international banking conve...

03 Sep 2009
Paul Penrose

Go-go years catch up on Swift

For a Swift geek like me, the publication of the co-operative’s annual report offers a rare opportunity to gauge the mood of the executive committee and the board ahead of the annual user conference. ...

23 Jul 2009
Paul Penrose

Sibos sobers up

Sibos will never be the same again. In killing off its Thursday night party, Swift has moved with the prevailing mood music. Lavish, big budget entertainment is off the agenda as the financial service...

20 Mar 2009
Nick Hastings

Sex Panther rocks Vienna

As part of their global tour to promote their new album 'Power Shakes and Super Congas' Sex Panther touched down in Vienna to rock the Hofburg. Despite a few technical problems and working with a redu...

23 Sep 2008
Retired Member

Collaborate or die

Now we are all back in the office, it is timely to reflect on last week at Sibos, momentous by any measure. The Closing Plenary certainly caught the mood, but interwoven throughout that session was a ...

22 Sep 2008
Retired Member

One Laptop per Child scheme at Sibos

One of the highlights of Sibos in Boston last year was the breakfast speech given by Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child non-profit association. Swift says Negropont...

18 Sep 2008

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