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Martin Ruda

Managing Director

Tall Group

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INDUSTRY’S VISION AND EXPERTISE WILL ENSURE SUCCESS OF THE NEW IMAGE CLEARING SYSTEM

When about thirty of the great and the good from the banking sector in Dublin and Belfast come together to talk cheques, cheque clearing and how to stay one step ahead of the fraudsters, there must be something afoot. There is… Payment specialists from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland recently attended a dedicated seminar at the...

30 June 2017 /payments Financial Inclusion

The Future Cheque Clearing Model

The Future Cheque Clearing Model – a fraud management opportunity As the cheque industry gets down to work in building the Future Clearing Model (FCM) in time for the 2017 implementation, some continuing debate circulates the players as to where, and how, the liability for fraud sits in the ‘new world’. Does the liability remain where it has tr...

13 November 2015 /security /regulation

Wait and see - or drive UK cheque clearing into the future?

As most people in the UK payments space are either on the beach, or wish they were, just who is going to grab the image clearing initiative when the holidays are over? Following HM Treasury's summary confirmation of the responses to the consultation process - an exercise in telling everyone what you have told them, telling them again, and then tell...

14 August 2014 /payments

UK Cheque Clearing could be dragged into the 21st Century.

At the latest Cheque User Forum, hosted in London by the Cheque & Credit Clearing Company, a vision of the future of cheque clearing was laid out for an animated group of about 150 cheque professionals. The potential for image based clearing, now an established feature of the landscape in the US, Brasil, India, etc, might just be gathering mo...

23 September 2013 /payments

Making Business Process Outsourcing Work Harder

Many UK companies within the financial services sector are realising the potential benefits of business process outsourcing (BPO) as an effective way of achieving savings and operating efficiencies, and better managing risk. Whilst outsourcing specific business functions and processes to a third-party organisation to drive down costs is a practica...

02 August 2013 /payments

The Payments Challenges in Emerging Markets...

Payments Challenges in Emerging Markets supporting high growth economies As the world changes its perception of emerging markets beyond the now well-documented BRICS success stories, Africa and in particular sub-Saharan Africa, comes into focus. So what challenges does the payments community face in supporting multi-national corporates in-country ...

26 June 2013 /payments

AFB Conference - Payments and Challenges for the Future

The international banking community in London came together recently, at the Stationers Hall, for the Association of Foreign Banks’ two-day conference. A host of leading industry voices spoke on a range of topical issues and challenges including payments, treasury management, financial transaction tax (FTT), Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FAT...

22 May 2013 /payments

Brave New World for Cheque Payments?

Change is afoot in the world of payments. The UK Treasury is consulting on an alteration to the regulatory and strategy setting regime for payments, and it seems likely that an OffPay-type body will emerge. Technology, of course, is at the heart of all payments, and since the reversal of the Payments Council’s decision to close the centralised ch...

16 April 2013 /payments

BPO at Institute of Operational Risk

Business Process Outsourcing was the topic of conversation at the recent breakfast briefing in London organised by the Institute of Operational Risk. The Tall Group was one of four key speakers at the event to discuss risk considerations from a supplier’s perspective. The briefing was designed to provide a forum for discussion, including the FSA’s...

08 March 2013 /regulation