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During this ‘countdown’ year to the SEPA migration end date, certain things have become apparent. Firstly, the inertia that has dominated the industry for some years about SEPA now needs to end, as we...
Last week while at a Financials conference I wrote about the “calm before the storm” – basically what will happen when the Mexico tax authority mandates the use of CFDI. As I stated in that blog, mor...
The fact that ING is considering the use of biometrics for customer authentication is unsurprising. However, the fact that the industry is not already at the stage where this is commonplace perhaps is...
The bio-rhythmical silent haptic alarm goes off on your Sputnik™ smartwatch, gently waking you up during the optimal sleep phase. You glance at the watch to check the outdoor temperature and weather f...
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com and one of the most successful businessmen to emerge in the last decade, once said: “We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to its consultation paper. There were six published form Krajowy Depozyt Papierow Wartosciowch SA (KDPW) Pola...
On March 20-22nd 2013, Innopay organized the yearly EPCA payment summit, this year held in Brussels at the stunning Egmont Palace, in the heart of the city. On the first day of the event we organized ...
Sassan - just want to echo and support your post. FIX has proven messages that are in use today to manage and convey party details, risk parameters, and entitlements. These messages were developed in ...
Things are rarely black and white in life. There is always that other side of the medal. Take Barclays Pingit, for example: I criticised it for not being secure in the financial industry's sense (as ...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published guidance on how it will recognise third country central counterparties (CCPs). This covers communication with ESMA to apply for reco...
The EU Presidency has published track changes notes to the latest MiFID II / MiFIR compromise texts. The latest changes which mainly relate to MiFIR reflect implementing the EU’s G20 commitments and ...
On 20 March, the UK chancellor presented this year’s national budget. It announced a ‘Regulator for payment systems - The Government will bring the payment systems into a competition-focused regulato...