10 Interesting Disruptive Innovation Insights from JP Morgan 3

At Sibos the other week there was an interesting Big Issue Debate: “Disruptive innovations transforming the financial services”. The disruptive innovation debate featured Eileen Burbidge (UK Treasury Fintech envoy), Eric Pradier (Hewlett Packard VP) and Sanoke Viswanathan (Chief Administrative Officer and interim CIO for the corporate and investment bank at JP Morgan). The panel gave some insightful ...

15 Unmissable Financial Services Graphics by Innotribe

15 Unmissable Financial Services Graphics by Innotribe
Probably THE most fascinating stream at Sibos last week was everything happening at Innotribe! The folks from Innotribe covered all things innovation related, and the sessions were both informative and thought provoking. From the usual themes such as blockchain, disruption, fintech through to a musical jacket. It was simply brilliant. The Innotribe team around their ...

The Top Payments News Stories in September, 2016

Summer already feels like it was an age ago! Its a bumper payments news edition with plenty of interesting cybersecurity, bank, fintech and SWIFT related stories. Check out the following top payments news stories for September 2016: 1. Payments News – Cyber Security MoneySavingExpert.com issues contactless card fraud warning New York governor Cuomo announces proposal ...

10 Brilliant Tweets That Sum Up Sibos 2016 1

Last week over 8300 delegates attended Sibos 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. There were loads of forums, debates and payments related sessions covering a variety of topics across the finance industry. As i scanned twitter for Sibos 2016 some interesting themes emerged and i thought i would share these in this post. If you were at Sibos ...

4 Epic Global Payments Trends Highlighted by BCG & Google 1

I was reading through some old Payments News stories recently and stumbled across the Google-BCG study into the growth of digital payments in India by 2020. Its a fascinating report focusing on India, but what i also found interesting were details of what both Google and BCG revealed as four global payments trends, or rather ...

Sibos 2016 – A Day by Day Guide for Payments Peeps 1

For those lucky enough to attend Sibos 2016 in Geneva, i have outlined what i think are some pretty interesting sessions over the 4 day SWIFT conference. But before diving into the details, i would recommend checking out my Sibos Infographic and 5 Tips For Newbies posts! It is worth noting the: Sibos conference is ...

7 Tasty Graphics from the Next Money Fintech Conference

7 Tasty Graphics from the Next Money Fintech Conference
Before i get into the details of the Next Money fintech conference. I would like to apologise for not blogging/posting very much recently. Its been a crazy month. But don’t worry, I’m back! I’m catching up on all of the news worthy payments stuff that has been going on the last couple of weeks. One ...

FATF Recommendations & MT101 Explained in 251 Words 1

About a month ago i wrote a post What Is FATF & How Will It Impact My Payments? It provides an overview of the the FATF Recommendations and the impact on MT101 payments into Europe. The post triggered A LOT of emails, and so in this post i thought i would recap as simply as i could ...

I HATE When Leaders and Managers Ask This Question

I am sorry to start September with a RANT, but i have heard this question being asked a couple of times in as many weeks and it really annoys me! The question seems to be asked more and more by managers and team leaders, particularly in the corporate world. The irony is that it is ...

The Top Payments News Stories in August, 2016

You’ve probably noticed that its been a quiet month for me, I had a couple of weeks off and am now trying to fight off the holiday blues. Hey ho! I was off the grid and so this edition of Payments news stories in August 2016 was useful for me to do, and helped me ...