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The introduction of regulations such as the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), continuing recessionary pressures and increased competition across the payments landscape are forcing banks to re-evaluate...
So it's official: Andrew Long from HSBC stated today in one of the "Big Debates" that customers need SEPA to be relevant to them to create demand and then migration. He suggested that SEPA w...
SWIFT’s new standards changes go live on 21st November 2009. Talking about this yesterday, I started thinking about the three key areas that SunGard think are critical for 2010 – Transparency, Efficie...
After three days of Sibos 2009 and after having spoken to numerous delegates and my colleagues at the show, it is interesting to see that one of the recurring topics seems to be the renewed emphasis
Not once, not twice, but three times at Sibos, I have spoken to people who say Transaction Banking is The New Sexy. Admittedly, they did work in transaction banking, but I can see their point. Banks, ...
Since the start of the financial crisis, a great deal of focus has been put on how companies should reorganise their internal structures in an effort to try and prevent history repeating itself. While...
I had an interesting experience in my local bank branch the other day. I went in to withdraw cash (the ATM doesn't dispense £1 coins and £5 notes), only to find that the process had changed - signifi...
A report just launched by the Smart Card Alliance (SCA) suggests that stakeholders in the U.S. payments industry examining end-to-end encryption should consider the use of contactless chip cards along...
Could this be the step forward that we need? The FT reported yesterday that the government has backed more flexible parental leave, allowing women who return to work after six months to transfer the ...
The past year has seen a surge of non-banking players entering the retail banking space to capitalise on growing consumer suspicion of conventional high street banks. Tesco in particular has seen a do...
Are we seeing the up-and-up?
Eventually talk at Sibos settles on the layout of the conference and exhibition hall. While the facilities at the Hong Kong centre are impressive, it has ruffled a few feathers. The exhibition hall is...