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Gary Wright

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EBA Day and the road back

EBA Day has been quite something this year. It has grown enormously and now rivals SIBOS for quality of speakers, delegates and exhibitors. The concentration of top quality people in the payments space all able to mix and get down and dirty with all the days tough issues and find solutions and with the inclusion of expert suppliers makes this an e...

16 June 2011 /payments EBAday

Call to arms for Basel III

Basel III appeared like a dark cloud over sunny Madrid at this excellent EBA Day event. There is plenty of detail that has yet to emerge so discussions and debate is somewhat premature however there was a loud call to arms by the panel of experts. The issue of intra-day liquidity for banks is key and we have seen over the last few years during the ...

16 June 2011 /payments EBAday

RBS star steals the show

Brian Stevenson, Chairman of Global Transaction Services at RBS gave the best presentation of the day at EBA Day. He clearly described the many challenges facing banks in the world today within an economic and global trade shift and everything from political intervention in markets to the risks of fraud and cyber crime. This was a joy to listen to...

15 June 2011 /payments EBAday

Hot lady lights up e-invoicing

Now e-invoicing is not really a name on anyones lips but at EBA Day we heard that perhaps it should be. The session was not vastly populated but us hardy soul were perked up by the hot lady from Swed Bank livened everything up by demonstrating how her Bank have been providing e-invoicing since the mid nineties. It's now a big revenue earner and pr...

15 June 2011 /payments EBAday

Banks are just protecting not innovating

It's really strange to hear so much about competition at EBA Day from organisations that appear scared. SEPA is as much a process of change as it is about change. Banks for years have been expert in slowing down anything that threatens their bottom line and in SEPA they have been active in a non active way in slowing down volume to protect their b...

15 June 2011 /payments EBAday

SWIFT not getting it at EBA Day

SWIFT have been making lots of noise about getting corporates connected to their network. Sounds good and with SWIFT lite they appear to have a solution which has a cheap user charge for small or medium corporates however, costs are there and can be considerable. Firstly connecting to SWIFT lite by integrating to whatever legacy treasury system is ...

15 June 2011 /payments EBAday

Prepare to repel all borders! Says Captain Jack Sparrow

LCH.Clearnet are evidently repelling all borders with a number of unknown organisations (but we can make a very good calculated guess at who they are) pitching to buy the Clearing House. This is a sensitive time for the securities industry as changes of a violent storm magnitude are destabilising the markets and making it difficult for financial s...

07 June 2011 Post-Trade Forum

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 ultimate...

31 May 2011 Post-Trade Forum

Systemic Risk in Clearing Houses - an Oxymoron?

Clearing Houses have been a fundamental industry component for decades. Indeed the advent of computers and databases enabled the finance industry to consolidate its risks and costs bringing economies of scale and increased capacity for financial services firms. However, clearing houses all grew from vertical business models based around different ...

23 May 2011 Post-Trade Forum

The Die Is Cast - Long Live The Revolution

Financial services worldwide are under enormous pressure from Governments and Regulators to change and regain the confidence of their customers. Unfortunately bad PR is not doing the Banks much favour, promoting how they are feasting on huge profits while their customers and consumers struggle out of an economic dark age. However, changes are comi...

09 May 2011 Post-Trade Forum

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EBA Day and the road back

Call to arms for Basel III

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Hot lady lights up e-invoicing

Banks are just protecting not innovating

SWIFT not getting it at EBA Day

Prepare to repel all borders! Says Captain Jack Sparrow

Post Trade a Nirvana?

Systemic Risk in Clearing Houses - an Oxymoron?

The Die Is Cast - Long Live The Revolution

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