1147 Results from 2019
Paul Dawson Researcher at NHS
My mum made me tidy the house regularly. (And I mean tidy.) One of my early initiations was my briefing on how to wash up. I was instructed - very carefully and precisely - on which pot, plate or pan to begin with, which implement to use, how to dry, which towel to use and which cupboard to store them in. All to be done in batches of ten. I was 7....
08 February 2019 /payments Electronic invoicing
Retired Member
Swift has announced a proof-of-concept trial to link distributed ledger-based trade networks to its payments network. The industry reaction concentrates, not on the functionality or advantages, but the implied acknowledgement that DLT/blockchain is now mature enough for mainstream use. That might be stretching it a bit: but the announcement is si...
08 February 2019 /payments SWIFT Matters
Understanding the Options: Investment Processes vs. Operational Procedures The range of tools available in today’s market reflects the increased diversity of operations among fixed income managers. To fully understand the role that technology plays in the asset management lifecycle, it is helpful to categorize the technology functions under two un...
07 February 2019 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
In an earlier article I suggested that we can finally address the challenge of extremely long trade settlement times in the distressed loan market (T+66 is the current average) by applying three rules for driving technology and process change. Rule #1: What can be standardized must be standardized. Rule #2: What has been standardized must be ...
07 February 2019 Post-Trade Forum
Recently, Phil from the FT highlighted the risk for about 90 dual-listed companies under a no-deal Brexit. But I think the problem is much bigger. In our own analysis, we took it further and found about 230 liquid stocks (not necessarily dual listed) that had roughly a 50:50 split of turnover across UK and EU27. While dual listing complicates comp...
07 February 2019 /regulation
Chris Holmes Senior Vice President at KAE Consulting
Amongst the multitude of digital-only banks that emerged recently in Europe, the big five (Monzo, N26, TransferWise, Revolut and Starling) have developed a remarkable customer base, with their popularity ever increasing. Given their short history and the maturity of the industry they operate in, this is some achievement. While looking at it from t...
07 February 2019 Digital Banking Trends
Bob Lyddon Consultant at Lyddon Consulting Services
Pay.uk have issued their February 2019 NPA Programme Industry Newsletter, entitled “Enabling a vibrant UK economy”, NPA standing for New Payments Architecture. The title should have had “…in the 2030s” appended to it, since that is the timeline inferred by the newsletter’s content, if not by its form or wording. There is a beguiling diagramme, show...
07 February 2019 /payments Transaction Banking
Providing business loans at the real point of need – not just at your bank! What is LaaS? LaaS, sometimes referred to as the “Marketplace Lending” is an emerging trend in the banking and financial services sector where banks and lenders are leveraging new technology to surface their products and services on platforms outside of their traditional b...
06 February 2019 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Romal Almazo Emerging Technology and Digital Asset, Adviser at Former Crypto and blockchain leas at CAPCO
Over the Counter (OTC) cryptocurrency trading is becoming increasingly popular across the globe. Here’s how it works, who the major players are, and its general pros and cons. OTC market size In April 2018, Bloomberg reported that the daily OTC market was anywhere between $250 million and $30 billion per day. This is compared to around $15 billion ...
06 February 2019 Digital Asset Class (DAC)
Despite payment vendors continuing to develop strategies for omnichannel, it is still a moving target. But it is essential to get it right. The best vendors offer solutions that allow for a single cloud payment service that creates a single view of the customer across both stores and digital channels. Top retailers use these solutions to offer cust...
05 February 2019 /payments Digital Banking Trends
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