1135 Results from 2009
Keith Appleyard IT Consultant at available for hire
With the number of confirmed swine flu cases continuing to rise, a global benchmarking survey of financial institutions has revealed that, although over 70% of firms have a pandemic-specific business continuity programme in place, many may be dangerously out of date. https://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=19996 30% of those programmes have not ...
06 May 2009 /regulation Whatever...
Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra
At the risk of becoming a Twitter bore, here's another innovation from the land down under: NAB direct banking offshoot UBank is offering a free IGB USB flash drive to its first 1000 followers on Twitter. The social media-savvy bank has been twittering since October, and currently has over 300 followers. Paying for followers may not be the best wa...
06 May 2009 /retail Finance 2.0
Twitter ye not. Brian Hartzer, CEO of ANZ's Australian operations has just announced his resignation - on Twitter. In a valedictory tweet posted Monday, Hartzer says: "Folks, this is my last tweet as I've resigned to pursue an overseas opportunity. Thanks for your continued support for ANZ. All the best." The smart money says Hartzer is ...
05 May 2009 /retail Finance 2.0
Retired Member
I recently attended breakfast presentation on testing and quality hosted by Logica. Nothing unusual in that you might think, but this one was as it included an interesting insight from the world of Formula One. Mark Preston – technical guru with time at Arrows, McClaren and Super Aguri - took us through what can and does go wrong in Formula One, wh...
05 May 2009 /regulation Finexpo
Steven Husk CEO at FRSGlobal
As Shakespeare's LORD POLONIUS advises us in Hamlet: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry" ‘Bubbles, borrowers and lenders'. Where do the regulators and our government stand in all of this gloom and doom? Our PM Gordon is spreading the word that this re...
05 May 2009 /regulation
The Financial Services Authority has called on UK Financial Services firms to assess their contingency plans in light of the recent outbreak of influenza https://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=19992 With acknowledgments to SunGuard, here is a useful Nine Steps to Prepare Your Business for a Pandemic 1. Consider the Impact of Missing People Wit
04 May 2009 /regulation Whatever...
Hans Hagen Founder at Alphastrike
For some time I have been intrigued by banks' lack of interest in, or inability to leverage their ATM networks to gain a competitive edge. Traditionally used for cash advances and balance enquiries, ATMs have turned into more of a multimedia kiosk capable of providing a wide range of services. One area of particular interest, in my mind, is money ...
04 May 2009 /payments Trends in Financial Services
John Cant Managing Director at MPI Europe Ltd
In one of my recent Financial Sector bulletins, I initiated a discussion on whether innovation is a good strategy for current market conditions. The debate on our FS Think Tank LinkedIn group - a new and growing discussion group set up with a number of alliance partners - was particularly active and practical. For example, I was glad to read tha...
04 May 2009 /retail /wholesale Trends in Financial Services
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
Check progress here: http://boharald.blogspot.com/2009/05/e-banking-and-payments-in-finland.html Not bad for population of 5,3 million - but then we started in 1982..This will naturally happen everywhere. Also the 3rd party services - "connecting customers" - with services like e-id, e-signing contracts, e-commerce payments, e-invoicing,...
03 May 2009 /payments Transaction Banking
Check progress here: http://boharald.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-you-sign-them-up.html There are some 220 000 enterprises in Finland - by now banks have signed up an estimated 120 000 - other service providers probably 20 000. What you can see from the usage is typical - first you sign them up - then after some delay (rather long as finance departm...
03 May 2009 /payments
Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.
Please read our Privacy Policy.