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Is SEPA Happening and Does It Matter?

We had our annual pantomime debate at the Financial Services Club this week, with a classical Oxford style debate about whether SEPA, the Single Euro Payments Area, matters or not. This year, with the backdrop of the Eurozone implosion, the debate was far livelier than usual, with a lot of spicy discussion about countries defaulting,…

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Is SEPA Happening and Does It Matter?

We had our annual pantomime debate at the Financial Services Club this week, with a classical Oxford style debate about whether SEPA, the Single Euro Payments Area, matters or not. This year, with the backdrop of the Eurozone implosion, the debate was far livelier than usual, with a lot of spicy discussion about countries defaulting,…

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Bitcoin: immersive or subversive?

I’ve written a few bits about Bitcoin but it still confuses folks, as was clear from the debate we had about it at the Financial Services Club the other night. Donald Norman, co-founder of the Bitcoin Consultancy, presented the latest state of play in the currency … … and it led to one of the liveliest…

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Launch of the Clearing & Settlement Working Group (CAS-WG)

The Financial Services Club is launching a Clearing & Settlement Working Group (CAS-WG), in partnership with the Realization Group, with first sponsor BT. The Clearing & Settlement Working Group:  Terms of Reference The aim of the CAS-WG is to debate and discuss all aspects of clearing and settlement infrastructures and processes.  The organisation and operation…

Launch of the Clearing & Settlement Working Group (CAS-WG)

The Financial Services Club is launching a Clearing & Settlement Working Group (CAS-WG), in partnership with the Realization Group, with first sponsor BT. The Clearing & Settlement Working Group:  Terms of Reference The aim of the CAS-WG is to debate and discuss all aspects of clearing and settlement infrastructures and processes.  The organisation and operation…

Happy New Year – dates for the 2012 diary

Here's a quick update on our confirmed events calendar for the Financial Services Club London in 2012, with full details for every meeting at the end of this blog entry. Register for any of the Financial Services Club meetings listed by clicking here.  Tuesday, 10th January 2012An update on EU financial services legislation and associated initiativesDr….

2012

Happy New Year – dates for the 2012 diary

Here's a quick update on our confirmed events calendar for the Financial Services Club London in 2012, with full details for every meeting at the end of this blog entry. Register for any of the Financial Services Club meetings listed by clicking here.  Tuesday, 10th January 2012An update on EU financial services legislation and associated initiativesDr….

2012

The Financial Services Club London Agenda, Winter 2011/12

We are often asked about the Financial Services Club's future agenda.  It's always available on our website, but here are details as they stand right now.  Some dates and speakers are still being confirmed (marked with '*'), but these are all going to happen over the next six months or so … Wednesday, 02 November…

The Financial Services Club London Agenda, Winter 2011/12

We are often asked about the Financial Services Club's future agenda.  It's always available on our website, but here are details as they stand right now.  Some dates and speakers are still being confirmed (marked with '*'), but these are all going to happen over the next six months or so … Wednesday, 02 November…

60% of the world’s order executions are on mainframes

I was just reading through my notes as Chair of the #TradeTech conference last week, and found a bunch of interesting notes and quotes.  Rather than assembling them into a sensible blog post, I’m just going to write them up ad hoc and you can make your own mind up about the meaning, context and…

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