20135 Results from 2015
Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra
Further to my recent musings on Microsoft Points (The Virtual Bank of Microsoft), Dow Jones reports on CNN that Microsoft boss Bill Gates has been looking into the possibility of developing an online payment system that will be cheaper than credit card transactions, making it possible for companies to charge small fees for Web-based content and se...
29 January 2007 /payments /retail Trends in Financial Services
Nick Hastings
I ‘ve been to Le Pont de la Tour on a number of occasions and it gets better every time. It’s well worth popping over Tower Bridge and enjoying the views of the City from the restaurant and in summer it offers delightful alfresco dining. The wine list is superb especially if you are a fan of French wines and the French cuisine is well worthy of it...
26 January 2007 /regulation After hours
Online universe Second Life has been lauded by the serious business press as a glittering land of opportunity, a rapidly-expanding economy where fortunes can be made by game-players buying and selling land and turning tricks in return for convertible Linden dollars. But when venture consultant Randolph Harrison and a hedge fund manager friend sunk...
26 January 2007 /payments /retail
Is Microsoft trying to create its own online currency? It’s an issue worthy of consideration, following the Zune music player release late last year. Consumers wanting to buy and download songs from the Zune music store are finding that their greenbacks are not accepted at Microsoft’s virtual checkout. Instead you have to convert your hard cash to...
25 January 2007 /payments /retail
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23 January 2007 Finextra site news
So farewell then David Lascelles, the former banking editor of the Financial Times who co-founded respected City think tank The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation with Andrew Hilton in 1993. After 14 years at the helm of CSFI, Lascelles is taking up a backroom position as a senior fellow. Over the years the CSFI has forged a reputation a...
23 January 2007 /payments /retail
Curious web-shaped, mosaic-encrusted relic now run by Nicholsons. Dating from 1875, the pub was modernised in 1905 in an Arts and Crafts style - hence the mosaic exterior and interior. Not like any pub we can think of - lots of strange, vaulted, tucked away places to take in the ambience. It's non-smoking throughout, which is refreshing - and ther...
22 January 2007 After hours
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 ...
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