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#Innotribe startup challenge won by Epiphyte and Matchmove [#SIBOS]

I missed the startup challenge at innotribe this year – too many things happening and not enough Chris Skinner's to cover them all – but I do believe it is important to cover this event. Therefore, in the spirit of sharing, I am copying Philip Ryan's write-up on Bankinnovation.net here.  Thanks to Philip and congratulation…

#Innotribe startup challenge won by Epiphyte and Matchmove [#SIBOS]

I missed the startup challenge at innotribe this year – too many things happening and not enough Chris Skinner's to cover them all – but I do believe it is important to cover this event. Therefore, in the spirit of sharing, I am copying Philip Ryan's write-up on Bankinnovation.net here.  Thanks to Philip and congratulation…

Please demote the CRO [#SIBOS]

There are a huge number of conversations here, but one thing has arisen as a consistent theme that I didn’t expect.  It is the integration of the risk and finance functions. That started as a conversation over Basel III and continued as we discussed the impact of regulatory change in general.  Risk and finance are…

We are not being disrupted, just rearchitected [#SIBOS]

I had this chat with a banking friend, and realised when he used the word disruption for the eighth time that this is the word of the year. Last year it was sanctions, this year it’s disruption. Everyone’s talking about disruption and yet, I don’t see this as disruption in the sense that most are…

Disruption

I see sea of green, skies of cloud [#SIBOS]

 Another fabulous SIBOS session was all about clouds, and titled: cloud computing – dark clouds on the horizon? That sounded ominous to start with, as does the description of the session: Has this mega-trend met its match? Can cloud data really be private? Who actually owns it? What do governments have to say about ownership?…

Cloud

I see sea of green, skies of cloud [#SIBOS]

 Another fabulous SIBOS session was all about clouds, and titled: cloud computing – dark clouds on the horizon? That sounded ominous to start with, as does the description of the session: Has this mega-trend met its match? Can cloud data really be private? Who actually owns it? What do governments have to say about ownership?…

Cloud

Basel breakfast to start the day? [#SIBOS]

Basel III’s unintended consequences So, after the innovations in Poland, I go to a bankers’ breakfast meeting all about Basel III this morning.  Someone had to.  More specifically, the breakfast debated the requirement for intraday liquidity reporting. If you’re not up-to-speed with all of this, then it would do you no harm to read my…

Basel breakfast to start the day? [#SIBOS]

Basel III’s unintended consequences So, after the innovations in Poland, I go to a bankers’ breakfast meeting all about Basel III this morning.  Someone had to.  More specifically, the breakfast debated the requirement for intraday liquidity reporting. If you’re not up-to-speed with all of this, then it would do you no harm to read my…

Polish banking innovations: the best in the world? [#SIBOS]

I felt honoured to be invited to moderate the keynote discussion of Polish Banking Innovation today.  The speakers at this session included: Michal Panowicz, Director of Marketing and Business Department, mBank SA Piotr Wiesiolek, First Deputy President, Narodowy Bank Polski Iwona Sroka, President & CEO, Central Securities Depository of Poland (KDPW) Adam Tochmanski, Director of Payment System Department, Narodowy…

Poland

Polish banking innovations: the best in the world? [#SIBOS]

I felt honoured to be invited to moderate the keynote discussion of Polish Banking Innovation today.  The speakers at this session included: Michal Panowicz, Director of Marketing and Business Department, mBank SA Piotr Wiesiolek, First Deputy President, Narodowy Bank Polski Iwona Sroka, President & CEO, Central Securities Depository of Poland (KDPW) Adam Tochmanski, Director of Payment System Department, Narodowy…

Poland