Transaction Banking

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Bo Harald

54 Billion reasons in Germany

From Deutsche Bank report: “the bulk of the companies [SMEs in Germany] squander the sizeable efficiency gains that come with the introduction of digital invoices. According to estimates by researche...

31 Jul 2009
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It's not the Mistake, it's the Response that Counts

Everyone makes mistakes; individuals, small businesses, large corporations and even government agencies. ( I made a mistake while drafting this blog and hit publish before finishing it--so if you're ...

29 Jul 2009
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Is This Thing On? Captain Obvious - Is That You?

News Flash: "US Forest Service Study Determines - Bears ARE Dangerous" "U of M Survey Confirms - Employees Would Be Happy With Shorter Work Hours at the Same Pay" "Department ...

24 Jul 2009
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Lost - As Defined by an 11 Year Old

Show of hands, how many of us remember the good old days? You remember those days, when "lost" meant something like: "I came home and set my car keys down and then moved some stuff arou...

22 Jul 2009
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The Unicorn in the Middle Office - What Technology Isn't

As I've been circulating through a number of conversations with banks, financial services technology providers and colleagues in every conceivable sub-branch of the banking family tree these past few ...

20 Jul 2009
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Are you fighting David or Goliath?

Since the widespread adoption of this wonderful gift we call the internet, companies have been trying to find a way to micro-manage all aspects of their public persona. But with 24x7x365x "howev...

17 Jul 2009
Cedric Pariente

EMV and Singapore Slings

As a french citizen, I was born Chip and Pin capable!!! Actually I have not known any other system until I went out of France. Now I'm running my own company and I'm travelling more often. I started

06 Jul 2009
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Opportunity at Risk

According to the Financial Times story cited in this article, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup will have to wait up to two years to gain the full benefit of their $14bn-a-year brokerage joint venture due ...

16 Jun 2009
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Disappointing Definition of Success

Just a quickie, but I read in the paper the other day that Institutional Investors were worried that the incentives for Stephen Hester to sort out RBS weren't generous enough, which is an interesting ...

15 Jun 2009
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Keeping the Royal Mail in Business

The marketing people at my bank have really been busy recently, and certainly doing their bit to keep the Royal Mail going. Over the course of one week, we received five – yes 5 – mailshots offering u...

15 Jun 2009
Bo Harald

Too complicated - a no-brainer

We are now also reading in the press what we already knew before - bank "products" have been made so complicated and have versioned into so many nearly-but-not-quite-the-same offerings - tha...

25 May 2009
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All I know about ATMs I learned at the Movies

There is a scene in the movie Terminator 2 in which a young John Connor uses a computer to steal money from an ATM machine. This movie opened in 1991. Which makes me seriously wonder why ATMs are s...

14 May 2009

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