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…
The research results into the Payment Services Directive and Single Euro Payments Area are now officially released. BLOG ENTRY SPONSORED BY: PRESS RELEASE: EUROPEAN PAYMENTS: A LAND OF CONFUSIONMajor research project reveals the flaws in Europe’s ambitions European payments are about to be dramatically changed through a new European Directive for Payments…
The research results into the Payment Services Directive and Single Euro Payments Area are now officially released. BLOG ENTRY SPONSORED BY: PRESS RELEASE: EUROPEAN PAYMENTS: A LAND OF CONFUSIONMajor research project reveals the flaws in Europe’s ambitions European payments are about to be dramatically changed through a new European Directive for Payments…
