989 Results from 2010
Retired Member
Customers today are more discerning than ever before and expect so much more from their banks. They are looking for positive experiences and expect their needs to be satisfied instantaneously. At the same time, banks have a myriad of challenges to navigate through – mounting pressure from regulators, increased competition and so on. Payment servi...
15 October 2010 /payments
Brett King CEO & Founder at Moven
I spend a lot of time in coffee shops writing these days. I don't know why, perhaps many of you have experienced this, but I seem to have a very productive time writing when there is the smell of fresh coffee, the sound of cappuccino machines and the white noise of the coffee crowd to add to the ambience. Sometimes this environment triggers a bu
15 October 2010 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Gary Wright Analyst at BISS Research
At this weeks annual corporate actions conference in New York a presentationby Gerrard Bermingham from Information Mosaic extolled the benefits of mobile technology carrying corporate action data to the investor. It is a really interesting prospect that could bring the decision making capability on a CA or proxy vote directly into the hands of the...
14 October 2010
At the recent annual Corporate Action conference in New York this week the hot topic was the significant progress being made by the DTCC and SWIFT with XBRL to standardise Issuer data. The audience was made up of mainly Investment Management firms but with a good sprinkling of all the great and the good banks. It was remarkable how warmly the XBRL...
14 October 2010 XBRL Discussion Group
In my previous two blogs I have discussed different areas of manufacturing that financial services firms and vendors could learn from. In this final post in this series, I want to look at Supply Chain Theory and the factory model Everyone in the United States remembers when the Japanese auto makers began to take over the U.S market. As a result, th...
13 October 2010 /payments
Interesting piece from Jeremy in the FT yesterday - LSE claims quickest trading speed - that describes the new low latency platform that went live on the LSE's Turquoise MTF last week. Whilst Xavier is encouraging us all to admire the new go faster stripes on the platform, he also needs to worry about the fact that any alternative venue needs vol...
13 October 2010
This blog was created while Mark was working at The Logic Group. As more brands adopt contactless technology, how many consumers and staff at the check-out really understand its benefits and how to use it? Recently Neira Jones, Head of the Payment Security Team at Barclaycard, reported in an interview with Grocery Trader that there are now around ...
13 October 2010 /payments /retail
Alan Jenkins Principal at Jenkins UK Limited
OK, it's easy to be cynical - but if all these groups can agree consistent data definitions, and maintain these in the ISO 20022 repository, then it genuinely solves a lot of problems. The varying formats and protocols are secondary to the meaning of the underlying data, as Mike Bennett's excellent work for the EDM Council is demonstrating.
13 October 2010 /sibos Finextra@Sibos
Automation is one of the conference sessions at Sibos this year. The traditional mantra has been automation is best, but this has changed somewhat. Should all trades that can be automated always just go out the door without manual review? Probably not. Market turmoil means investment and asset managers need take back control with the manual review ...
12 October 2010 /sibos
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, give-aways, drinks receptions, special interest sessions and other exhibition floor activities. So to help your plan your exhibition time visit Finextr...
12 October 2010 /sibos Finextra@Sibos
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