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Clouds on the horizon
Market commentary
Market commentary
08 Dec 2010

Clouds on the horizon

What does the future of cloud computing for banking look like - both in the near and long terms?

Full reserve banking
Market commentary
Market commentary
26 Nov 2010

Full reserve banking

The UK's Independent Banking Commission has been urged to separate transactional payments from the lending business of banks, under a 'full-reserve' banking model proposed by the University of Southampton in association with the New Economic Foundation and lobby group Positive Money.

Nyse Euronext now runs all its European matching from its Basildon data centre
Market commentary
Market commentary
09 Nov 2010

Nyse Euronext now runs all its European matching from its Basildon data centre

Ian Jack, business development director, European connectivity at Nyse Euronext talks about co-location past, present and future at this year's High Frequency Trading World Europe event.

Risk is now on the agenda at banks, but is it a priority?
Market commentary
Market commentary
05 Oct 2010

Risk is now on the agenda at banks, but is it a priority?

SunGard's Andreas Hug, general manager, at the Ambit risk and performance management business unit, talks with Finextra about the new risk management attitude at banks. Hug spoke to Finextra at the SunGard London City Day event on Sept. 23, 2010.

Flash in the pan?
Market commentary
Market commentary
04 Oct 2010

Flash in the pan?

The SEC and CFTC publish 'flash crash' report

Swift to 'go local' and continue acquisitions for 2015
Market commentary
Market commentary
17 Aug 2010

Swift to 'go local' and continue acquisitions for 2015

Swift's MD of UK, Ireland and the Nordics, Arun Aggarwal, gave Finextra a glimpse into its 2015 Strategy. In addition to a focus on "go local" banking, Swift may make additional acquisitions, in the matching space, in the future.

Experian Payments talks Sepa success and migration
Market commentary
Market commentary
21 May 2010

Experian Payments talks Sepa success and migration

Jonathan Williams, director or Strategic Development at Experian Payments, talks with Finextra about the key developments and barriers to success for Sepa prior to EBADay.

Barclaycard breaks out of the card
Market commentary
Market commentary
18 May 2010

Barclaycard breaks out of the card

Dan Salmons, director, Global Innovations at Barclaycard, talks with Finextra about its 'augmented reality' pilot and how it's still early days for cloud technology and mobile banking.

Smartpool braves volcanic ash and the Mifid review
Market commentary
Market commentary
29 Apr 2010

Smartpool braves volcanic ash and the Mifid review

Smartpool's CEO Lee Hodgkinson, talks with Finextra at this year's TradeTech. Tuned into the chat at the equity trading conference, he says, Mifid 2 will 'dominate' discussions until the end of the year.

Dark pools, algos and consolidated tape
Market commentary
Market commentary
28 Apr 2010

Dark pools, algos and consolidated tape

Instinet's head of sales Alexandra Foster talks with Finextra at this year's TradeTech about how to define and find dark liquidity and the future of a consolidated tape in Europe.

Citi, electronic trading and crystal balls
Market commentary
Market commentary
26 Apr 2010

Citi, electronic trading and crystal balls

Jack Vensel, MD and head of Electronic Trading, EMEA at Citi talks with Finextra at this year's TradeTech. Vensel discusses a market structure where LSE outages are irrelevant and wishes he had a 'crystal ball' to see the future of MTF and dark pool consolidation and dominance.

Fixed income, algos and electronic trading
Market commentary
Market commentary
31 Mar 2010

Fixed income, algos and electronic trading

Stuart Taylor, MD, head of Matched Principal Trading, Fixed Income, UBS Investment Bank talks with Finextra about the role electronic trading and algos might have in the fixed income market at the FPL EMEA Trading Conference in March.