Another presentation that surprised me in Oslo came from Tor Jacobsen, CEO of TSM Nordic. It surprised me as I had no idea about TSM, a mobile wallet provider owned by Telenor and DNB – Norway’s biggest mobile network operator (MNO) and biggest bank – and will launch in the Norwegian market later this year…
There are two Americanisms that are slipping into common lingo over here these days: Black Friday and Cyber Monday. They’re all to do with shopping around Thanksgiving and the build up to Christmas. Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November, and is the day that Americans give thanks for their harvest. It is rooted in…
Just got a note from SWIFT today about a new publication they’ve commissioned with BCG (Boston Consulting Group) into World Payments. Seems a bit strange as McKinsey and CapGemini already product great reports in this space. I don’t mind having another one though, especially as the results have been verified by the SWIFT network, so all numbers…
It’s getting crowded out there in the mobile payments space. After years of inactivity, everyone’s woken up to the opportunities out there, not the least PayPal. PayPal did nothing in mobile through the 2000s, and I worried they were missing a huge opportunity to grow their business. In fact, being close to the UK PayPal…
It’s getting crowded out there in the mobile payments space. After years of inactivity, everyone’s woken up to the opportunities out there, not the least PayPal. PayPal did nothing in mobile through the 2000s, and I worried they were missing a huge opportunity to grow their business. In fact, being close to the UK PayPal…
Talking of interesting surveys, I received another one recently about money laundering. This survey was performed by Veris, who interviewed almost 300 senior Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and compliance executives across 46 countries. Interesting findings: 61% of survey respondents cite an increase in board involvement in monitoring anti money laundering (AML) activities 66% of survey respondents…
Talking of interesting surveys, I received another one recently about money laundering. This survey was performed by Veris, who interviewed almost 300 senior Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and compliance executives across 46 countries. Interesting findings: 61% of survey respondents cite an increase in board involvement in monitoring anti money laundering (AML) activities 66% of survey respondents…
I gave a presentation the other day and, as usual, concluded that banks should position themselves as data vaults. One person then asked: what data should a bank make secure? which is a good question to ask, as it led to a healthy debate and improvement of clarity of view. Today, we produce exabytes of…
I gave a presentation the other day and, as usual, concluded that banks should position themselves as data vaults. One person then asked: what data should a bank make secure? which is a good question to ask, as it led to a healthy debate and improvement of clarity of view. Today, we produce exabytes of…
The three blog entries on this subject so far: The African bank crisis and remittances More on Africa, Somalia, remittances, Barclays and HSBC Banks should not be political pawns has stirred up a lot of interest. In particular, Mondata, an American consulting firm on mobile finance, has written a fascinating insight on the subject including…
