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Giles Andrews, Chief Executive of Zopa, recently spoke at the Financial Services Club, London, and has kindly provided me with his script and slides to share with y'all so, here it is … Thanks very much to Chris and Andy for asking me back and to all of you for coming to listen.  I hope…

Giles Andrews, Chief Executive of Zopa, recently spoke at the Financial Services Club, London, and has kindly provided me with his script and slides to share with y'all so, here it is … Thanks very much to Chris and Andy for asking me back and to all of you for coming to listen.  I hope…

Derek Wylde, Group Head of Fraud at HSBC, presented at the Financial Services Club last week.  He talked about many aspects of fraud and risk, and presented quite  a few numbers related to the issue. One of the charts raised questions in my mind.  It related to the total cost of payment card fraud.  According…

Andrew Vorster, Vice President of R&D and Adam Banks, Chief Technology Officer for Visa Europe delivered a fascinating double act at the Financial Services Club the other night. The theme of the presentation was: the future of payments and technology, and covered seven key trends that Andrew and Adam have identified that will disrupt payments:…

We had a great debate at the Financial Services Club last night, picking up on that perennial debating point: do banks need branches? In the pro-branch corner were Anthony Thomson, co-founder of Metrobank and Ron Whatford, former Chief Experience Officer with Lloyds Banking Group; in the anti-branch corner were Mark Mullen, CEO of First Direct…

We entertained Alex at the Financial Services Club last night … … or rather, we entertained Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor, Alex’s creators. Or rather, they entertained us … It was an enthralling evening and a walk down memory lane for some of us, as Alex is 25 years old! He started with mobile telephones…