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Mike Fromant - Contis Group Ltd - Skipton | 17/06/2013 | 373 views

Shoring Up a House of Cards

The production of a major brand’s gift card scheme can present numerous challenges for Retail Managers, but it doesn’t have to be this way... In my opinion, gift card managers for major UK brands don’t get the recognition that they deserve. Theirs is a tough role - not only do they need to synchronise the operations of numerous a... Tags: Cards, Retail banking

Matthew Dragiff - SunGard AvantGard Payment Services - Jacksonville | 17/06/2013 | 352 views

Card Acceptance Matters-Part 1

The migration from paper payments to electronic payments continues in a steady and inexorable fashion. Helping to accelerate this movement are the card networks and technology providers who are enabling businesses to efficiently execute B2B transactions. In this multi-part series, we’ll take a look at the factors driving adoption of card Tags: CardsGroup: Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

David Webber - Intelligent Environments - Kingston | 17/06/2013 | 420 views

Synchronisation - digital banking's future

Last month I attended a fascinating Marketforce conference on ‘The Future of Digital Banking’, which explored how to optimise digital channels. It got me thinking about how banks and financial service providers need a coherent and effective digital banking strategy across all their banking mediums. First Direct launched the UK’s ... Tags: Mobile & online, Innovation

Neil Crammond - futex - london | 17/06/2013 | 450 views

blind regulation .......... or uneducated

Recent rumors have shown some companies have been allowed to both see and trade before officially numbers have been announced . They attempt to justify that these figures were given out in the public domain ? I struggle to see why the regulators do not act as this accounts to serious front running and simple to catch . Time and sales on their tr... Tags: Trade execution, Risk & regulation

Neil Vernon - Gresham - London | 17/06/2013 | 418 views

Trade recs: on the fast track or stuck in the sidings?

The average tier one investment bank today is dealing with a very complex trade processing infrastructure. You’d expect the infrastructure to resemble a high speed rail line fully optimised to deliver trades from execution venue to settlement in the shortest possible time. The reality is that most banks are dealing with multiple branch lines... Tags: Risk & regulation, Post-trade & ops