Retired Member
From a corporate point of view isn’t SEPA all about being sensible? As usual I find myself jet lagged and awake at 2am following another SIBOS and I look back at all the topics I have been involved with over the years and it suddenly struck me. For the most part SEPA is simply about better housekeeping. Now that I am fully awake I am convinced tha...
08 October 2007 /payments /sibos
Around a thousand delegates got to the exhibition centre bright and early this morning to hear what is sure be the most inspiring speech of the conference given by Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child non-profit association. Negroponte, who is currently on leave from MIT where he was co-founder and director of the M...
03 October 2007 /sibos Finextra@Sibos
In case you don’t know, the Boston Conference and Exhibition Center is located in an urban regeneration area in Boston docks within sight of the central business district. The one topic which seems to be unavoidable at Sibos: SEPA – it even infected the session on US payments – makes me think about how we Europeans are regenerating our payments in...
02 October 2007 /sibos
As you probably can’t have escaped being told, Sibos is in Boston in the 3-year old Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. This year the conference has the potential of robust dialogue between between the US and Europe and, more this year than any other, between banks and the many corporates encouraged to attend. So what am I looking forward to...
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20 September 2007 /sibos Finextra@Sibos
Olivier Berthier CEO at Moneythor
Let's remind ourselves, the SWIFTNet Trade Services Utility (TSU) is the result of an initiative started by the banks. The SWIFT Board and twelve banks, among them some of the most international and influential players in the trade services space, decided in late 2002 to form the Trade Services Advisory Group (TSAG) and work on a solution that wou...
03 September 2007 /sibos /wholesale Financial Supply Chain
Alan Jenkins Principal at Jenkins UK Limited
3am London time, and the final whistle has been blown in Sydney as the Exhibition closed here at noon on Friday. What of the week ? Swift goes from strength to strength, interesting that the big growth of message volumes is still in Securities. So why the emphasis on Payments (Sepa, Target 2) and Corporates this year ? I suppose that is still t...
13 October 2006 /sibos Finextra@Sibos
Interesting discussion with our Asian colleagues. It is evident that the nature of these markets will require a different approach. Harmonisation is not practical, but some degree of integration and therefore standardisation would be welcomed. Of perhaps even greater interest in the short term is a need for much more information sharing on the imp...
12 October 2006 /sibos Finextra@Sibos
Another day - another breakfast meeting after a late night. They definitely get harder and I shall be glad of the lie in tomorrow. I have gained the feeling that many people are feelinga little more jaded this morning and the Exhibition Hall feels quiter today. But the conversations remain useful and stimulating. My initial meeting today included ...
Jet lag has finally receded. And I did make the boat trip last night - most enjoyable, with good company, lively discusssion and just the right amount of liquid refreshment. Work began again with a breakfast discussion on SEPA issues and related topics. Looking back over the last 2 days, the key issues appear to revolve around collaboration. It is...
11 October 2006 /sibos Finextra@Sibos
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