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Matthew Dragiff - SunGard AvantGard Payment Services - Jacksonville | 31/05/2011 | 3326 views

Has the Long-Awaited Tipping Point in B2B Payments Arrived?

Glenbrook Partners, a well respected payments strategy and consulting firm is on a mission to discover if the long-awaited ‘tipping point' in B2B payments, signaling a world in which electronic payments are the norm, has finally arrived. In pursuit of the answer, they've been interviewing solution providers. View their list of company interv... Tags: Cards, PaymentsGroup: Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 31/05/2011 | 3911 views

Post Trade a Nirvana?

For far too long there has been too much emphasis on vertical business and operations at the expense of the investor's requirements. The financial crisis has clearly demonstrated that a vertical business and a silo based approach can cause large and small financial services firms to be infected with massive industry systemic problems that ultimatel... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 31/05/2011 | 4806 views | 1 comment

Did you pack yourself?

In my last year's summer post about travel deals I talked a bit about fraud in the “last minute” type of travel. But when you take a step back you discover quite a lot of fraud in the general airline sector, and it’s always interesting to think of what sort of cash-out options exist in the airline and hospitality categories. The ... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Antti Larvala - CAL360 Degrees - Brussels | 31/05/2011 | 3729 views

My view about Google Wallet as a platform

There has been lot of debate about Google Wallet, which itself is a new way to have credit card. It is plastic alright, but not like plastic we are used to have. It has screen, touch pads and you can also call or surf with it. It is also called as mobile phone. This is new step, which has been already tested with many companies in the last past 10... Tags: Mobile & online, PaymentsGroup: Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

Brett King - Movenbank - New York | 30/05/2011 | 3890 views | 1 comment

The coming clash of KYC and P2P

Clearly we are entering a phase of massive disruption to the payments system(s) and incumbents of today. To put that disruption in perspective, let's think about what has led up to the current slew of mobile payments announcements and improvements.PayPal evolves P2PPayPal commenced business in its current form around March 2000 with the merger betw... Tags: Mobile & online, PaymentsGroup: Innovation in Financial Services