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Brett King launches Movenbank at #sibos #innotribe

So #SIBOS 2011 kicks off well, with the opening of #innotribe. Rather than bells and whistles, the guys used drums with a drumming half-dressed native American getting everyone pumped for the starting session. People knew this was going to be slightly different for a banking conference already. The drummer was followed by Kosta Peric, innotribe…

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And so #SIBOS begins

Feeling well rested, I arrive at the Toronto convention centre this morning bright eyed and bushy tailed, for the rehearsal for the innotribe.  Innotribe is the main stream I’m involved with this year, as ‘professional troublemaker’. We’re rehearsing for the opening session here with mates from all over the world, although I notice a predominance…

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#SIBOS 2011: Touchdown Toronto

Another year, another SIBOS. Same sh*t, different day. SSDD for short. No, it’s not an insult, but this is my nth SIBOS and we’re here talking about the same old stuff: regulations, transactions, payments infrastructures, the role of SWIFT, the future of the industry, innovation and, oh yes, risk. Risk. For years, we have talked…

Banks have bigger development shops than Microsoft

I attended a great conference in Copenhagen this week – Finans IT-Dagen. Didn’t understand much of it, as the majority of presentations were delivered in the Danish language which is understandable being a Danish conference, but I did get the gist of the content from the slideware, much of which was in English. A presentation…

The Brown Bottom

From my friend Derek Bond … With the gold price hitting new nominal highs, now may be a good moment to remind ourselves about the consequences of Gordon Brown’s sale of much of the UK’s gold reserves. Between 1999 and 2002 he sold 395 metric tons of gold at an average price of $275 an…

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The Brown Bottom

From my friend Derek Bond … With the gold price hitting new nominal highs, now may be a good moment to remind ourselves about the consequences of Gordon Brown’s sale of much of the UK’s gold reserves. Between 1999 and 2002 he sold 395 metric tons of gold at an average price of $275 an…

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Not that Mint, this Mint

Just had a visit to the head office of the Royal Mint in Cardiff, Wales.  Wales is not part of England, as asked by some people, but the place that Prince Charles represents, as the Prince of Wales.  It’s also the home of the BBC TV series Torchwood with John Barrowman. I mentioned this to…

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Not that Mint, this Mint

Just had a visit to the head office of the Royal Mint in Cardiff, Wales.  Wales is not part of England, as asked by some people, but the place that Prince Charles represents, as the Prince of Wales.  It’s also the home of the BBC TV series Torchwood with John Barrowman. I mentioned this to…

Royal-mint

#innotribe at #sibos 2011

I've been invited to SIBOS this year to be a “professional challenger” in the innotribe stream.  I interpret this as being a “professional troublemaker”, which I’m very good at, but they reinterpreted this to the more acceptable terminology to get the management team buy-in. No worries. By now, if you’ve been to SIBOS before you should know…

Innotribe

#innotribe at #sibos 2011

I've been invited to SIBOS this year to be a “professional challenger” in the innotribe stream.  I interpret this as being a “professional troublemaker”, which I’m very good at, but they reinterpreted this to the more acceptable terminology to get the management team buy-in. No worries. By now, if you’ve been to SIBOS before you should know…

Innotribe