Payments

Like 5,000 other bankers and payments people, I left yesterday for an 11-hour flight in my case to Hong Kong: As you can see, I flew Cathay Pacific sponsored by HSBC at Heathrow which, on landing in HK, switched to the Royal Bank of Scotland as sponsor no less!  As the latter is owned by…

Like 5,000 other bankers and payments people, I left yesterday for an 11-hour flight in my case to Hong Kong: As you can see, I flew Cathay Pacific sponsored by HSBC at Heathrow which, on landing in HK, switched to the Royal Bank of Scotland as sponsor no less!  As the latter is owned by…

As mentioned the other day, the ATM has just turned forty years old, but I missed this item and was sent it by a friend. Apparently, one entrepeneurial firm is customising their ATMs to suit local lingo by launching the world's first Cockney cash machine, or should that be sausage and mash machine: Brummie, Geordie…

As mentioned the other day, the ATM has just turned forty years old, but I missed this item and was sent it by a friend. Apparently, one entrepeneurial firm is customising their ATMs to suit local lingo by launching the world's first Cockney cash machine, or should that be sausage and mash machine: Brummie, Geordie…

This is the last of a series of blogs about social finance that has covered new entrants to banking, their barriers to entry, how they might disrupt banks, social technologies and more. If you missed the earlier entries, here they are: Why banks struggle to innovate The relevance of social media to banks Why banks…

This is the last of a series of blogs about social finance that has covered new entrants to banking, their barriers to entry, how they might disrupt banks, social technologies and more. If you missed the earlier entries, here they are: Why banks struggle to innovate The relevance of social media to banks Why banks…

Just as we post over 500 pages of research that conclude the European Commission's Payment Services Directive's (PSD) implementation could destabilise the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), the Commission strikes back. Yesterday, they published a whole range of documents and details about how they would make SEPA work. "The European Commission has adopted a Communication…

Yesterday, the ATM celebrated its fortieth birthday quietly. A few folks did raise a glass however. Wired Magazine, for example, published this wonderful chart (doubleclick to see a big version): 85% of global transactions are made in cash? Argh!  Get me to a mobile payment fast!!! By 1983, we had TV ads that were really…

For those who are payments oriented or payments oriental, SIBOS takes place next week in Hong Kong.  For those who are going, here's a nice little video to wet your appetite: For those who aren't going, don't worry.  You'll get to read all about it with daily updates on the Finanser. Oh yes, SIBOS, if…

For those who are payments oriented or payments oriental, SIBOS takes place next week in Hong Kong.  For those who are going, here's a nice little video to wet your appetite: For those who aren't going, don't worry.  You'll get to read all about it with daily updates on the Finanser. Oh yes, SIBOS, if…