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Vishwanath Thanalapatti - Banking Technology Professional - Bangalore | 30/06/2011 | 4276 views

Truth in reporting: eXtended Business Reporting Language

Standards lead to best practices; standardization makes life simpler. Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), has pioneered and promoted standards and guidelines in the area of audit and controls for IT professionals. The white paper ’Leveraging XBRL for value in organizations’ (http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge-Center/ Tags: Retail bankingGroup: XBRL Discussion Group

Duncan Ash - Qliktech - London | 30/06/2011 | 3115 views

What banks can learn from the high street

The Independent Commission on Banking's (ICB) plans to ring fence the UK retail operations of universal banks to protect business lending and depositors assets have been highly publicised in recent weeks. However, one problem with this proposal is that, with the notable exception of HSBC, no UK universal bank has enough retail deposits to cover ret... Tags: Retail banking

Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 30/06/2011 | 4043 views

ANZ and Visa lose the plot

In one of the more witless examples of PR buffoonery ever witnessed at Finextra Towers (and that's saying something), Visa and ANZ have been moved to quell reports that their recent trial of Device Fidelity's MicroSD-based m-payments technology was anything other than a spectacular success. Bearing the headline 'ANZ-Visa mobile phone payment pilo... Tags: Mobile & online, Retail banking

James Richards - 80-30 - London | 30/06/2011 | 3446 views

The genie in the smartphone ...

During my previous trip to Hong Kong I spoke of the enthusiasm for mobile financial services in that part of the world and this, in my mind, has been reaffirmed while at the GSMA Mobile Money Summit in Singapore this week. The conference has been packed full of examples of truly innovative and impressive forays into mobile banking and payments. Int... Tags: Online banking, Retail bankingGroup: Online Banking

Steve Grob - Fidessa - London | 30/06/2011 | 4275 views

Too close to call - er, maybe not then

So the LSE/TMX deal is no more – it is deceased, it is an ex deal. Last night the LSE broke off talks with Canada’s TMX group as it became obvious that their proposed merger was never going to get the required support of TMX shareholders. So, if you include recent events in Australia, the latest score is National Self Interest 2 &nda... Tags: Dealing rooms, Trade execution