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Interesting research

SIBOS and most conferences are always a good moment to release research. We released ours last week, but there are several reports that stand out. For example, Barclays Commercial Banking polled 160 people across financial institutions in London, Dubai, Frankfurt and Singapore, to find out what they looked for in their selection of a transaction…

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What does the future bank look like?

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…

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What does the future bank look like?

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…

Cisco

The ATM is 40

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…

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PayPal’s vision for the future of payments

Just got sent a link to PayPal's vision for the future of payments, used when they launched their flexible API in July: Very nice too. The Finanser is sponsored by Vocalink and Cisco:  For details of sponsorship email us.

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PayPal’s vision for the future of payments

Just got sent a link to PayPal's vision for the future of payments, used when they launched their flexible API in July: Very nice too. The Finanser is sponsored by Vocalink and Cisco:  For details of sponsorship email us.

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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