1270 Results from 2013
Retired Member
I’m in Paris today at a customer event about the impact on IT of financial market regulations. We all spend so much time talking on mobile phones that we forget how much they have become part of the normal work environment, particularly for providing service to customers. Dealers and back-office staff, wherever they may be at the time, need to s...
15 January 2013
In the news today, Fiserv has acquired Open Solutions to broaden their existing line of banking technology. Open Solutions is a Glastonbury, Conn.-based technology provider to banks, thrifts and credit unions. Through this acquisition, Fiserv will add several new technologies to its offerings. Both firms have traditionally been big players in ba...
14 January 2013 /wholesale
Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group
The recent, somewhat unexpected announcement that Wall Street Systems (WSS) is acquiring IT2 Treasury Solutions from CapMan has all the connotations of déjà vu. In April 2011, Wall Street Systems was itself acquired by ION; while the premise for a successful combination of ION and WSS solutions was (as noted in my blog post on the subject) quite ...
14 January 2013 /wholesale Treasury Management
The old joke among standards specialists is “The financial sector loves standards – that’s why it has so many of them!” However, the same seems to apply to identity management systems within financial institutions. We all know that the more complex a situation is, the more likely it is that things will go wrong - hence the engineering acronym “KIS...
14 January 2013
Andres Fontao Partner at finnovista
Following up on my recent blog entry regarding my attempt to go cashless and cardless for a week when in San Francisco late last year, it’s worth sharing observations of payment methods from a recent trip to Argentina and Uruguay in late December 2012. As those of you who know me, I am a strong advocate for mobile financial services, having spent ...
14 January 2013 /payments Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
I am continually baffled by these people with fancy titles like Chief Innovations Officer who announce the deployment of "gimmicks" and say they are wonderful new technology breakthroughs, and oh yes... Secure. Rubbish. NFC is not secure in it's present form. And tell me, what prevents someone else using my phone to "Pay and Run"...
13 January 2013 /payments
Over the last few months, there have been a number of announcements by vendors stating that they are now supporting the einvoicing process in Latin America - specifically Brazil Nota Fiscal and Mexico CFDI. Many of these vendors are either traditional European signature providers, Supplier Networks, eInvoicing Networks, and B2B Managed Service pr...
11 January 2013 /regulation Electronic invoicing
There used to be a joke at Wegelin - the oldest banking establishment in Switzerland - that the only two ways of leaving the bank as a relationship manager was retirement or death. I'm afraid taxes got them first! The closure of Wegelin is a significant event in the ongoing battle between Switzerland and global tax authorities, which started bac...
11 January 2013 /regulation
Andy Mellor Product Manager at The Logic Group
Now more than ever, robust internal financial controls are a top priority for a financial industry that is fighting to regain the trust of its shareholders. Automation is a sure-fire way to ensure that control can be managed whilst also offering the benefits of saving time and minimising manual errors. Although it’s commonplace for processes such ...
For many organisations, social represents one of the most drastic changes in communications since the advent of email. Savvy businesses now effectively use the power of social to interact with their customer bases, prospect for new business, deliver services and obtain customer and market insights. Indeed, this shift in communication has led many ...
11 January 2013 /retail
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