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£1m London tech startup competition ditched

I can re-start it for London. It just needs a proper process and the right sponsors.  

With a good business case, plan, marketing campaign, and partners, it can bring tens of millions in investment.

26 Mar 2014 12:11 Read comment

A 600 billion financial StartUp

Search for "CitiFi" - Internet only banking from Citi - some 20 years ago.  It was absorbed by Citibank proper eventually.

26 Mar 2014 09:20 Read comment

A business case for SWIFT

In my opinion, a financial services world without SWIFT would be like the internet without ICANN, or a country without a Central Bank.

SWIFT is essential to the financial services world, albeit it could try harder to innovate.

14 Nov 2012 10:22 Read comment

SunGard models euro breakup impact on asset classes

Laurence,

As a professional, I would also be interested to see the scenario where Germany would leave the euro.  And the resulting scenario should also include the new DM values.

 

Thank you,

Cristian

06 Feb 2012 09:47 Read comment

Visa, Mastercard to dominate mobile money?

All of those you mentioned are now commoditised.  They can be outsourced in 90 to 180 days.

23 Nov 2011 18:43 Read comment

Visa, Mastercard to dominate mobile money?

Visa and MC are not a requirement when making mobile payments.  It will go out of fashion in a few years.  The recession has slowed down innovation, but come back to this thread in 5-7 years.

23 Nov 2011 18:29 Read comment

Visa, Mastercard to dominate mobile money?

I tend to think faster than I can write - I was referring to mobile payments in banking - Visa and MC will be less and less important.

20 Sep 2011 20:20 Read comment

Swift launches economic barometer

Excellent initiative.

20 Sep 2011 08:05 Read comment

SunGard to buy Swift service bureau Syntesys

This is good news for SunGard, who realised that a messaging hub is a very important part of the value-added set of products and services sold to banks and corps.

20 Sep 2011 07:57 Read comment

Visa, Mastercard to dominate mobile money?

The future of mobile banking does not belong to Visa or MC.  It lies somewhere else.

19 Sep 2011 20:39 Read comment

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