Our biggest stories of the week are … Do banks know their customer? So I’ve just finished a mainstream keynote debate at #Eurofinance2011 in Rome about bank to corporate relationships. My role was to moderate a panel of six key industry players, three from corporations: Debbie Millar: Group Executive – Treasury, Funding and… Virtual currencies…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Volcker Rule details are leaked The Volcker Rule, named after former head of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker who advised on the investment banking reforms of the Dodd-Frank legislation, has been rumoured for ages and was originally a proposal to ban proprietary trading completely. In case you missed…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Volcker Rule details are leaked The Volcker Rule, named after former head of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker who advised on the investment banking reforms of the Dodd-Frank legislation, has been rumoured for ages and was originally a proposal to ban proprietary trading completely. In case you missed…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Eurozone crisis threatens SEPA The euro zone crisis threatens to derail the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), according to a new research paper. Challenging those who separate the crisis from SEPA preparations, The Eurozone, the ECB and the feasibility of SEPA: an overview, says the Sepa policy objectives…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Eurozone crisis threatens SEPA The euro zone crisis threatens to derail the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), according to a new research paper. Challenging those who separate the crisis from SEPA preparations, The Eurozone, the ECB and the feasibility of SEPA: an overview, says the Sepa policy objectives…
For those who are that interested, here are all the blog entries made during the week at SIBOS in one place … SIBOS 2011 – what will be the big themes? We should be talking about risk. And so SIBOS begins First impressions. Brett King launches Movenbank at #sibos #innotribe Brett King, author of Bank 2.0, is…
Our biggest stories of the week are … PayPal's ubiquitous vision A couple of interesting posts about PayPal this week. First, they presented their ideas about competing with Visa and MasterCard at physical points-of-sale. This was followed up by a blog post from PayPal President Scott Thompson, PayPal Unveils the Future of Shopping. Why most banks'…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Who owns Iceland? I'm in Iceland this week, and there's a fascinating split across the country over xenophobia and sovereign rights. This is because, post the financial crisis, the country is selling its prized assets from energy to land, acre by acre, kilowatt by kilowatt. Is this…
The biggest news stories of the week include … Customer segmentation in retail banking Adkit, an international research firm, just sent me their insights into customer segmentation in retail banking. It’s an interesting report summarised in a 21-slide presentation. The main results show that most banks are narrowing down to three or four key… Finformation…
