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A remittance strategy scribble

As mentioned, last week was a Remittances week in Rome. Remittances continually intrigues me as a market, especially the major focus financial institutions are now placing on this area as an opportunity. This is contradictory as those who need remittance services the most are often those who do not use banks or have bank accounts. …

Remittances Strategy

PSD and SEPA research

It’s July 1st and we are pleased to announce that, during the summer, the Financial Services Club is running an in-depth analysis and research project about the country-level plans for the transposition of the Payment Services Directive (PSD) on 1st November 2009 and the implementation of SEPA Direct Debits (SDD) on 2nd November. The research…

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PSD and SEPA research

It’s July 1st and we are pleased to announce that, during the summer, the Financial Services Club is running an in-depth analysis and research project about the country-level plans for the transposition of the Payment Services Directive (PSD) on 1st November 2009 and the implementation of SEPA Direct Debits (SDD) on 2nd November. The research…

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PSD and SEPA research

It’s July 1st and we are pleased to announce that, during the summer, the Financial Services Club is running an in-depth analysis and research project about the country-level plans for the transposition of the Payment Services Directive (PSD) on 1st November 2009 and the implementation of SEPA Direct Debits (SDD) on 2nd November. The research…

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Cracking ATMs the malware way

I get a lot of email feeds and news from financial websites, but often spot real banking news in more unlikely places … like New Scientist magazine. On the front cover of last week's mag was a story about Gaia's evil twin.   I thought that was going to be about the social networking world…

EAST ATM Fraud

SUN, IBM, SWIFT and more create a cloud crowd

I was asked twice yesterday about cloud computing. Firstly by a friend who wanted to know how it related to payments; and then by another mate in the investment world. The latter was inspired by a new report from IBM and SIFMA that states that cloud computing is ready for prime time: A survey of…

McKinsey Cloud

Amazing survey result

I just completed a brief online survey about the financial crisis.  The question was: "What do you believe to be the most challenging factor facing (the financial) industry over the next five years?"  Here's the current result: 30% … winning back the public trust, after losing billions in people's savings 27% … staying ahead in…

Amazing survey result

I just completed a brief online survey about the financial crisis.  The question was: "What do you believe to be the most challenging factor facing (the financial) industry over the next five years?"  Here's the current result: 30% … winning back the public trust, after losing billions in people's savings 27% … staying ahead in…

Bank of England raises concerns with ECB over T2S

Andrew Bailey, Executive Director of the Bank of England, posted a letter to Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, on 8th June regarding the doubts the Bank has about TARGET2 for Securities (T2S).  The letter reads as follows: Dear Gertrude Settlement of Sterling-Denominated Securities Transactions on TARGET2-Securities (T2S) I…

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Where’s Wally?

I just used a cash machine that uses plain English. For example, rather than being a 'cash machine' or ''ATM', the bank refers to it as a 'Hole-in-the-Wall', and had this note on the screen: They didn't seem too happy when I rang up and said that someone had stolen the wall: No pleasing some…

ATM Hole in the Wall

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