Virtual currencies will explode thanks to mobile games
The European Central Bank (ECB) has just issued a report on Virtual Currency Schemes, with case studies on Second Life and Bitcoin (both previously covered in depth here). In the report, the ECB calls Bitcoin “the most successful — and probably most controversial — virtual currency scheme to date.” The ECB goes on to say that the…
What is an acceptable level of fraud?
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…

More reaction to the RBS glitch
After last week's post about the meeting we had at the Club regarding the RBS glitch, I received an email from one attendee, Peter Miller. Well worth a read so I thought I would post it here as additional input to this challenging and important area in our group. Last week’s Financial Services Club meeting,…
World Payments Report, Part Four: Innovation
The eighth World Payments Report (WPR) was released last week, and so far we have summarised Part One, the Non-Cash Trends, Part Two, the Regulatory Trends and Part Three: SEPA. This final part summarises the final section of the report on innovation. Banks Need To Seize Opportunity Of Customer-Centric Innovation Many banks are increasingly shifting their…
World Payments Report, Part Three: the latest on SEPA
The eighth World Payments Report (WPR) was released last week, and so far we have summarised in Part One, the Non-Cash Trends, and in Part Two, the Regulatory Trends. Today, we have extracted a summary of the section that updates on SEPA. Mandated deadline of February 2014 is set for SEPA Credit Transfers and Direct…
The future of payments and technology
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:…

The World Payments Report, Part Two
The eighth World Payments Report (WPR) has just come out and, last week, we provided a summary of the first section on non-cash trends. Here’s a summary of section two: regulatory trends. Ability to Innovate is Challenged Amid Sea of Key Regulatory and Industry Initiatives Regulators have continued to implement the Key Regulatory and Industry…


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