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Bristol's buzzing for startups Bristolian business and entrepreneurs came together to hear from Basekit - the website building ex-startup - which has its roots in Bristol. Supported by Seedcamp in the...
A new iPhone is imminent and again there is much fascination in the payments world as to whether Apple will finally join the near field communications (NFC) fray. It now appears that the iPhone 6, whi...
Are Financial Institutions Prepared? Today’s consumers have high expectations − and for good reason. They have become accustomed to, and are increasingly likely to demand, anytime/anywhere connectivi...
With the expansion of easily accessible and convenient digital banking services - such as mobile and tablet banking, as well as online banking for personal computer platforms - bank customers are get...
Somewhere out there is a dictionary that when you look up the term wire money, the definition says scam! Even though legitimate money-transfer businesses exist like Western Union, a request to wire mo...
If you've been waiting for news regarding Coin Card, then you've got a longer wait than expected. Coin launched with HUGE fanfare in November of 2013, promising to revolutionize your credit card by al...
In their diatribes about the underbanked, unbanked and financial inclusion, many fintech companies and members of the digerati threaten banks with the risk of losing customers to prepaid cards, P2P le...
In the next instalment of our six part series analysing the transformation that is required in investment banking operations, we reveal the essential principle that is necessary to achieve the full re...
In my previous blog I suggested that we need to understand what was behind the Cloud promise. It can’t simply be that whatever the question, the answer is the Cloud. It is imperative that we conside...
Question to all bank CEO: Why Ýour' Bank is not encashing on their strengths and why wallets are taking birth like dime-a-dozen. Wallets would survive only in that country where cost of banking transa...
“3D Secure is about as helpful as a chocolate fire guard.” Merchant view of 3D Secure, as succinctly expressed on Twitter. For a number of years, the payments industry has associated 3D Secure with a...
No one is talking about Tech these days without talking about FinTech, or financial technology to you. There are funds, accelerators, startups galore in this space. But where do you fit in? But what t...