Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre. Please read our Privacy Policy.
Talking with a client recently they gave me an interesting perspective on the new OTC derivatives regulations that will be hitting the markets. Their question was – comply, protect or grow? Dodd-Fra...
Well they have arrived. After more than a year of discussion and debate the new requirements for Point to Point Encryption (P2PE) have finally been released by the PCI SSC. These requirements, which...
The EMV ball is starting to roll in the U.S., and the EMV specifications will affect all actors in the existing payment scheme – from issuers, acquirers, merchants to consumers. For issuers, this tran...
Of the three models that I described in my last blog – credits by invoice extension, virtual credit cards by application, and virtual credit cards by NFC – which would benefit banks most? As I alluded...
I heard last May in San Diego an excellent speech by Chris Dancy from PinkElephant. Chris explained to the audience about the evolution of IT: in the 1980s our bosses didn’t want us to use the phone ...
This article explains the issues and challenges around traditional B to B trading processes, the limitation of ERP packages and how the internet as a cloud could make it possible to work together much...
Basel III, CRDIV, European Union Crisis: The "malediction" of the new banking regulations. In October 2010 at the Seoul Summit, the G20 Leaders committed to the adoption and full implementat...
Mobile payments are enjoying a lot of very good press right now and customers seem very keen on finally being able to use their phones to complete purchases. However there is a very important group of...
As excited that I was writing about the upcoming Apple event on the 4th of October, as sad am I to hear the news, today, the 5th of October. Others have written about the impact Steve Jobs has had on...
Here’s the final installment of the 4 C’s of core banking. Finding the best way to tackle legacy core systems has re-emerged as a key topic of debate among banks, from top tier global players to smal...
Big banks lost more ground this week when a report by international regulators found that higher capital requirements would not drastically impair growth. The Bank for International Settlements in Bas...
(or Rupees 5/- if you may please) Customer centricity is the new buzz word for bankers. The banks are drawing up strategies to retain customers, reduce customer attrition and when asked quote authent...