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Yesterday saw the publication of ESMA’s long-awaited report on the technical standards for MiFID II / MiFIR. As well as reviewing every single word of this impressive tome – 1,532 pages spread across...
In the last of our four-part series on putting the consumer at the heart of consumer banking, Dan Jones takes a different perspective. So far, the focus has been on ways existing banks can adapt to su...
The emergence of challenger banks has been a recurring theme in recent years. The changing environment has bred a wave of so-called “fintech” start-ups; some seeking to disrupt established banking bu...
The financial services industry has suffered consecutive blows in recent years. The global banking crisis, new regulations, empowered customers calling the shots, not to mention a new breed of digital...
One nifty feature now separates Samsung from the competition in the mobile payments realm! Samsung Now Rivals Android Pay as the Top-Ranking Mobile Payment Solution Google’s Android Pay solution has b...
An old journalist buddy of mine once confessed to me that he only had three basic story outlines; and for each article he wrote he simply had to pick the most appropriate one and modify to suit. As I ...
One could say that NextGenPOS in the form of a tablet on a counter is just replacing “low-tech” cash registers with affordable mobile devices. But that would not do it justice because NextGenPOS gives...
The manufacturing sector is rife with tools and technologies, but new survey results indicate it’s the sector that has the most to gain in retooling to address the new financial operations frontier. T...
A few days ago I read an article in the Times of India “Freelance CFO”s, the unsung startup heroes” which mentioned the increasing trend of startups hiring CFO Advisory / consulting services to help ...
You have the best IT security, but dang it…the bad guys keep getting in. This means someone inside your house keeps opening the back door and letting the thieves slip inside. You have to find out who ...
The objective of this 3 part series is to examine in brief the barriers and motivators for the key players in (the author believes it has elements that can stand true for any economy that intends to g...
Swaps of Virtual Currencies Need to be traded in Specific Facilities or Markets! Congratulations & Celebrations! First Virtual Currency License issued in NY In what is being hailed as a first for ...