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Running around the conference and exhibition hall madly today and it’s no wonder that SIBOS already feels like a week, even though it’s only been a day.  A hard day’s night as they say. After meeting a few folks, chatting and networking, I dropped into …

Running around the conference and exhibition hall madly today and it’s no wonder that SIBOS already feels like a week, even though it’s only been a day.  A hard day’s night as they say. After meeting a few folks, chatting and networking, I dropped into …

It’s morning on the second day of SIBOS 2008, and I’m thinking it’s horrible. That’s a good start to the day, but it’s horrible weather.  Non-stop rain and only 10 degrees C.  In fact, it was horrible yesterday and the day before. Actually, the whole …

It’s morning on the second day of SIBOS 2008, and I’m thinking it’s horrible. That’s a good start to the day, but it’s horrible weather.  Non-stop rain and only 10 degrees C.  In fact, it was horrible yesterday and the day before. Actually, the whole …

The last bit of my day today was chairing a discussion on e-invoicing. This is a regular debating slot I host on the IBM booth each year, and it’s now in its third year. This afternoon’s debate included Charles Bryant, former Chairman of the EPC …

Just came out of the main plenary session with Herbert Stepic, CEO of Raiffeissen Bank saying how great Central and Eastern Europe and Russian banking is doing, followed by Martin Wolf, Editor of the Financial Times chairing a panel on how sh*t American and European …

Just came out of the main plenary session with Herbert Stepic, CEO of Raiffeissen Bank saying how great Central and Eastern Europe and Russian banking is doing, followed by Martin Wolf, Editor of the Financial Times chairing a panel on how sh*t American and European …

Just came out of the main plenary session with Herbert Stepic, CEO of Raiffeissen Bank saying how great Central and Eastern Europe and Russian banking is doing, followed by Martin Wolf, Editor of the Financial Times chairing a panel on how sh*t American and European …

Just came out of the main plenary session with Herbert Stepic, CEO of Raiffeissen Bank saying how great Central and Eastern Europe and Russian banking is doing, followed by Martin Wolf, Editor of the Financial Times chairing a panel on how sh*t American and European …

I’m here at SIBOS, Day One.  Like last year’s SIBOS, the credit crunch dominates the news. Unlike last year’s SIBOS, the credit crunch is now a once a week affair. Last week it was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Today, it’s Lehmans, Merrill and Bank …

Just arrived in Vienna , Austria for SIBOS, the all payments focused conference run by SWIFT. This year, there are around 7,500 people attending – not bad for a credit crisis. For those who have not been here, it’s a week of whirlwind presentations, meetings, …

Just arrived in Vienna , Austria for SIBOS, the all payments focused conference run by SWIFT. This year, there are around 7,500 people attending – not bad for a credit crisis. For those who have not been here, it’s a week of whirlwind presentations, meetings, …

Just arrived in Vienna , Austria for SIBOS, the all payments focused conference run by SWIFT. This year, there are around 7,500 people attending – not bad for a credit crisis. For those who have not been here, it’s a week of whirlwind presentations, meetings, …

Just arrived in Vienna , Austria for SIBOS, the all payments focused conference run by SWIFT. This year, there are around 7,500 people attending – not bad for a credit crisis. For those who have not been here, it’s a week of whirlwind presentations, meetings, …

I’ve spent the last two days locked in a conference centre in Nice at a key meeting of finance ministers, politicians, policymakers, bankers, insurers and exchanges. You can tell the type of meeting by the number of lashes each person has received by the tongues …

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I know I go on and on and on about Web 2.0 and social media, but I do this because these trends illustrate a fundamental shift in the way we live. The fact I’m blogging here every day, downloading music and film files, connecting globally …

I have a few regular themes I explore about future banking, such as videobanking, social finances, chip-based future payments strategies and so on.  This was something I spent most of yesterday discussing with a group of Japanese bankers who were visiting London, followed by a …

I have a few regular themes I explore about future banking, such as videobanking, social finances, chip-based future payments strategies and so on.  This was something I spent most of yesterday discussing with a group of Japanese bankers who were visiting London, followed by a …

I have a few regular themes I explore about future banking, such as videobanking, social finances, chip-based future payments strategies and so on.  This was something I spent most of yesterday discussing with a group of Japanese bankers who were visiting London, followed by a …

I spent yesterday with a group of Japanese bankers discussing the future of banking. Actually, I say ‘discussing’ but Japanese bankers are very polite and so there were very few questions. Therefore, I spent yesterday with a group of Japanese bankers telling them about the …

Catching up with all the news today, and someone sent me a link to this video: It’s basically a simulation of what would happen if the Earth was hit by a large meteor. Watch with care as it may be a real downer for many …

Catching up with all the news today, and someone sent me a link to this video: It’s basically a simulation of what would happen if the Earth was hit by a large meteor. Watch with care as it may be a real downer for many …

The bad news today is that the LSE cannot trade.  Whoops!  Their website shows that they haven’t traded since 9:07 this morning due to connectivity issues, and they’re still struggling to get back online at lunchtime. The TradElect platform, that major £40 million investment vehicle, …

The bad news today is that the LSE cannot trade.  Whoops!  Their website shows that they haven’t traded since 9:07 this morning due to connectivity issues, and they’re still struggling to get back online at lunchtime. The TradElect platform, that major £40 million investment vehicle, …

The bad news today is that the LSE cannot trade.  Whoops!  Their website shows that they haven’t traded since 9:07 this morning due to connectivity issues, and they’re still struggling to get back online at lunchtime. The TradElect platform, that major £40 million investment vehicle, …