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The real cause of the Bitcoin bubble and burst

All the media has finally woken up to the Bitcoin phenomena when the value of Bitcoins rose from a steady $20 per coin to $266 last week … only to crash to $100 by the end of the week. What caused this? The general consensus is that the financial crisis in Cyprus, which led to…

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2013 European Payments Research – Free Report

The Financial Services Club has produced research around SEPA, the PSD and the European Payments Landscape to coincide with EBA Day over the past four years, in partnership with Logica (now part of CGI) and EBA CLEARING.  This year’s research is underway and we would ask you to answer a few short questions by clicking…

2013 European Payments Research – Free Report

The Financial Services Club has produced research around SEPA, the PSD and the European Payments Landscape to coincide with EBA Day over the past four years, in partnership with Logica (now part of CGI) and EBA CLEARING.  This year’s research is underway and we would ask you to answer a few short questions by clicking…

Does SEPA matter and is it happening?

We had our annual debate about SEPA for the fourth year running the other day. This time: Jerome Traisnel, Slimpay; Ruth Wandhöfer, Global Head of Regulatory & Market Strategy, Citi Transaction Services; and Tino Kam, SEPA Executive, Global Cash Management, the Royal Bank of Scotland were opposed by: Simon Bailey, Director, CGI; and Peter Miller,…

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Does SEPA matter and is it happening?

We had our annual debate about SEPA for the fourth year running the other day. This time: Jerome Traisnel, Slimpay; Ruth Wandhöfer, Global Head of Regulatory & Market Strategy, Citi Transaction Services; and Tino Kam, SEPA Executive, Global Cash Management, the Royal Bank of Scotland were opposed by: Simon Bailey, Director, CGI; and Peter Miller,…

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Over half of corporates have no SEPA idea

It’s interesting that we’re now less than a year away from SEPA’s end date for the Eurozone and so people are saying to me that SEPA doesn’t matter so much as a discussion point anymore. This is because the banks have got it nailed. Really? What about the corporate customers of the banks? They also…

Over half of corporates have no SEPA idea

It’s interesting that we’re now less than a year away from SEPA’s end date for the Eurozone and so people are saying to me that SEPA doesn’t matter so much as a discussion point anymore. This is because the banks have got it nailed. Really? What about the corporate customers of the banks? They also…

SEPA Infographic

I just got this infographic on SEPA from Misys and thought it worth sharing (doubleclick for larger version).  Nice!

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SEPA Infographic

I just got this infographic on SEPA from Misys and thought it worth sharing (doubleclick for larger version).  Nice!

SEPA Infographic_FINAL

The latest stats on Bitcoin

I’ve written a lot about Bitcoin over the last year: Is Bitcoin the future of money … or are we smoking dope?  (October 2011) Bitcoin: immersive or subversive? (January 2012) You should take Bitcoin seriously (September 2012) A new currency payment system is about to explode (February 2013) But had a sanity check when looking…

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