1137 Results from 2015
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Greece, the sick man of Europe, continues to dominate the headlines as the latest chapter in the Greek economic tragedy has seen Syriza, the radical anti-austerity party rise to power and ruffle more than a few feathers in Europe’s corridors of power. But, many Greeks who supported their rise to power now say they have already betrayed their mandat...
27 February 2015 /payments
Europe’s post trading landscape is about to experience a dramatic change this year with the introduction of Target 2 Securities (T2S), the result of greater regulatory pressures on collateral management. The initiative aims to reform the post-trading industry by providing a single pan-European platform for securities settlements in European Centra...
27 February 2015 /regulation
Dean Wallace Director of Consumer Payments Modernisation at ACI
Omni-channel banking is a hot topic, fuelled by the need to provide the best customer experience (CX) no matter what channel a consumer chooses, or how many times they chop and change between channels during a transaction. But is this utopia really possible? I think the answer is yes, but it’s not going to be easy to accomplish. Here’s a simple, r...
26 February 2015 /retail
Apple gets it. The way to make things appealing is to make them simple, convenient and valuable for consumers. This is why couponing, loyalty and ticketing are set to be included in Apple Pay 2.0, bringing value added services (VAS) to the masses, driving further adoption and stimulating further innovation from other industry players. The Apple ap...
26 February 2015 /payments
Would you bank with your bank? Consider this real life scenario that just happened a few weeks ago. 8:45 PM, Wednesday, ubiquitous Irish pub midtown Manhattan. Ba-Ding! Reflexively my eyes glance toward my iPhone screen. $832.00 at Target, says a push notification from my mobile banking app. These days, my mobile is not just a phone, it’s a
26 February 2015
Nothing says tradition, stoicism and endurance so much as the outside of a high-street bank. Classical columns and marbled edifices; banks seek to present stability, experience and wisdom as their ultimate values. However there is change afoot. Consumers are no longer basing their trust and commitment on the gilded lettering and venerable dates ou...
Truly worthwhile destinations almost always require a significant journey. The widespread use of digital money is no exception. This post describes recent research published on the journeys which 90 countries are taking toward digital money and shares the key lessons learned. A recent Wall Street Journal article entitled, “The Slow, Steady Mar
25 February 2015 /payments
Having spent much of 2014 getting to grips with new capital reporting requirements, European banks are now shifting their focus to liquidity monitoring and reporting. Over the course of 2015, they face significant changes to the way they calculate and report on their liquidity, and to the frequency of their regulatory disclosures. In order to keep...
25 February 2015 /regulation /wholesale
The sustainability of any business including banking industry is built on fundamental objectives of increasing revenue, controlling costs and mitigating risks. A company which is able to differentiate itself from others in the industry is often able to meet 1 or all of these objectives. And the ability to differentiate depends a lot on a company’s...
24 February 2015 /retail
Alex Noble Account Director at McAfee
It’s been a fascinating contrast between the statements of Ana Botin and Francisco Gonzalez. In her first interview, Ana Botin (the new Global Chairwoman of Santander, formerly CEO of Santander UK) told the Financial Times that, “Bank branches will save banks from digital challengers”. Meanwhile, with uncanny timing, it was reported that Francis...
24 February 2015 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
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