Finextra@Sibos

The Finextra@Sibos community is open to all delegates and exhibitors at the annual financial markets conference organised by financial messaging network Swift.

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SEPA needs to change to be successful

...but how? In one of my earlier posts, I mentioned that change needs to occur in order for SEPA to succeed. Over the course of the past few days at Sibos, it has become even clearer to me that three fundamental changes need to take place: 1. There must be an agreed end date for the existing legacy systems. Without a cut-off point to aim for, ba...

17 September 2008 /payments /sibos

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Sibos after hours shenanigins round-up

Sibos can sometimes appear to the outsider like an excuse for a big party - in fact a succession of parties with the free cocktails seemingly flowing from lunchtime onwards. I recall from Copenhagen some were quite pleasant affairs and one or two were just truly ghastly. Of course nothing could be further from the truth - it's all hard work while ...

17 September 2008

Nick Hastings 

Singing well Running in the Rain

There's a first time for everything and an early morning run at Sibos certainly was a first for me. Thanks to the good people at EBA Clearing and our excellent local guides from RZB a couple of the Finextra team took part in the first EBA Clearing Sibos fun run. Setting a fairly competitive pace over 8km in a field of 25 of Sibos' finest atheletes...

17 September 2008 /payments /wholesale

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Calls for Swift to tap Web 2.0

In a lively conference session on the opening morning of Sibos 2008, Till Guldimann, vice chairman of SunGard, told delegates that the increasing use of Web 2.0 technology was "a wake up call for Swift". Guldimann put forward a proposal that would see the interbank network use Web 2.0 technologies to fight off the challenge posed by outf...

15 September 2008 /retail /wholesale

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How many roads must a man walk down...

Before Sibos is over? So, another year older and so too another Sibos, this my third. Although still a relative novice, I have pondered in the past just how much distant a Sibos delegate without a stand to call home, such as myself, would cover during the event. In the run up to this year's Sibos I thought it might actually be interesting to do a ...

14 September 2008 /payments /wholesale

Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra

Swift's new logo shock

In protest at this 21st century corporate mania for re-branding I suggest we go back to the original source material (as legend has it) and give Swift a distinctively groovy, retro feel.

11 September 2008 /payments /wholesale

Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra

Sibos jetsetters go carbon neutral

Payments professionals jetting off to the Sibos international banking show in Austria next week can offset some of their planet-warming carbon emmissions by taking part in a simple online survey on Finextra - and get a chance to win a top-of-the-range mountain bike to boot. The green e-invoicing quiz is part of Finextra's SibosOnline Green Zone ...

10 September 2008 /payments /wholesale

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Don't miss a trick at Sibos with our hospitality alerts

If you're an old Sibos hand you'll know there are prize draws and freebie events every day. Cocktails, wine tasting, competitions, open sessions - all sorts. So - why not sign up for our free hospitality email alerts for the week of Sibos and you'll get a handy round-up of what's coming up direct to your Blackberry, iPhone or whatever handy mobile ...

09 September 2008

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Going to Sibos - take your camera!

If you're going to Sibos you'd be mad not to take your camera - particularly as you can now share your pictures with the world via Finextra - so here are a few tips for taking more interesting pictures. Don't forget your charger and USB lead (if needed)! Nothing is more annoying than forgetting something like this - trust me on this one. Carry it ...

05 September 2008

Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra

Ibos and Swift at loggerheads over Alliance Lite

Swift chairman Yawar Shah opened an unexpected can of worms when he approached shareholders for feedback on how the bank-owned co-operative could add more value to its members. Obligingly, Ibos MD Bob Lyddon has responded with a long list of complaints about Swift’s new Alliance Lite interface, which is being showcased at Sibos as a cheap and che

04 September 2008 /payments /wholesale