SEPA for Corporates

5 Ingredients for a Successful Regional Payments Scheme

Jun

29

2015

In Europe we are familiar with our very own regional payments scheme, SEPA! But there are other regional payments schemes out there too, and the SWIFT Institute paper on Cross- border low value payments and regional integration: enablers and disablers offers a fascinating insight into some of the other regional payments schemes and the important ...

7 Cyber Security Challenges You Cannot Ignore 4

Jun

25

2015

By now you have probably guessed that I am really interested in SWIFT and cyber security – so when I saw a SWIFT Institute article on SWIFT and cyber security challenges I got pretty excited. I know, I need to get out more…! Anyway, it is an article about a cyber security event organised by ...

Eurozone Crisis – Should Greece Stay Or Should Greece Go? 1

Jun

23

2015

As 30th June deadline looms another round of Eurozone crisis talks continue in a bid to resolve the Greek debt conundrum, I wanted to understand for myself the key arguments for and against Greece staying in the Eurozone. The implications of a Greek Exit or Grexit are absolutely huge, and of course SEPA is just ...

Payments Industry Trends YOU Need To Know…

Jun

22

2015

There is so much information about finance, technology and the latest and greatest payments industry trends that I find it difficult to keep track of what is going on. In this post I intend to share what I have learnt about why the payments industry is changing and outlining some of the key trends that are ...

Bilderberg Group 2015 Conference Infographic

Jun

18

2015

I knew very little about the whole Bilderberg Group meetings, and so last week when the conference was being reported in the news I didn’t really know what it was all about. I did a google search and lo and behold came across all kinds of stuff. The Bilderberg group conference is an annual ‘private meeting’ ...

9 Takeaways from the Payments Innovation Jury Report 2015

Jun

15

2015

In April this year an insightful report – Payments Innovation Jury Report 2015 – into payments and payments innovation was released. Basically its a what’s hot and what’s not in the world of payments. The report, written by John Chaplin, is important because it reflects the thoughts of 40 experts from 23 countries around the world. ...

9 Bank Interface Questions All Companies Need to Ask 1

Jun

10

2015

In the post Corporate to Bank Connectivity – 10 Questions YOU Need To Ask I suggest some high level questions to ask if you are considering an entirely new bank connectivity solution. The highlighted questions will help you get a birds eye view of your existing internal systems and banks. Now depending on the size of ...

7 Digital Insights from the Oracle Financial Services Report

Jun

8

2015

During my review of the top payment stories in May, 2015 – I came across the Oracle Financial Services report “Banking is changing… With or without banks“. It is a fascinating read for anyone wanting to understand digital and the challenges that traditional banks are facing. If you have read the post 9 challenges posed by ...

10 Effective Meeting Tips I Learnt During the SEPA Project

Jun

4

2015

Before you say “oh no, not another post on effective meeting tips” – give me 5 minutes…. A friend sent me a YouTube video this week about A Conference Call in Real Life. Its one of those videos that has gone viral and highlights all of those funny scenarios that you and I have experienced ...

The Top Payments News Stories in May, 2015 1

Jun

1

2015

Cor blimey… Its June ! Here we go with a round up of the payments news stories from May 2015. In this month mobile payments news stories seemed to topped the bill, with plenty of cyber security and digital currency happenings too. There were a couple of developments in user authentication and I’m sure this is a ...