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Announcing Deadline Extension for Model FI Programmes! 15 November 2019 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
Due to an overwhelming demand, we are extending the submissions deadline for Model Bank, Model Insurer, Model Asset Manager, and Model Wealth Ma…
Money20/20 USA 2019: The Future of Money Here and Now 11 November 2019 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
Money20/20 USA has been a key fixture on my autumn travel schedule since the very first event back in 2012. When the show began eight years ago,…
Sibos 2019: London 2 November 2019 Blog Gareth Lodge
Into the home straight conference wise! Sibos is by far my busiest week of the year, although with all the prep beforehand, and the follow-ups a…
Tales from the Road: EBADay 2019 30 October 2019 Blog Gareth Lodge
The last of the major shows this spring was EBADay, a two day event, held this year in Stockholm. EBADay is one of my favourite events – it has…
Tales from the Road: Nacha Payments 2019 25 October 2019 Blog Gareth Lodge
The best laid plans! The plan to write an update of the events we covered in the spring travels season was quickly undone by the preparations fo…
EBA Pushes for a Synchronised Deadline for SCA Across Europe 17 October 2019 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
As many of you know, the new PSD2 requirements for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) were due to come into effect on September 14th. PSD2 req…
Negative Interest Rates: Are You and Your Systems Ready? 11 October 2019 Blog Craig Focardi
The past decade has been unique for financial services industry and the economy in general. The Great Recession-which in the United States began…
Impressions from Finovate Fall 2019 6 October 2019 Blog Stephen Greer
Last week I attended Finovate Fall 2019 with a couple colleagues of mine in New York.For those who’ve never been, Finovate hosts five events (Sp…
The Hyper World 3 October 2019 Blog Alenka Grealish
The overarching theme @Sibos 2019 was hyperconnectivity which naturally octopuses into several other headlines. In particular, there was buzz ar…
Practical Advice for Money 20/20 30 September 2019 Blog Daniel W. Latimore
Tomorrow’s the first day of October, and that means it’s time to start preparing for Money 20/20, held October 27-30 in Vegas. I’ve got some pra…
The Launch of LINE Securities 14 September 2019 Blog Eiichiro Yanagawa
LINE Corporation launches the LINE Securities, a mobile investment service, August 20, 2019. Based on the joint venture agreement to form a busi…
Should Banks be Taking Cues from Other Retailers? 13 September 2019 Blog Bob Meara
It used to be that most bankers I interacted with had a keen interest in benchmarking their bank’s performance against peer group institutions.…
We Are Now Accepting Nominations for Model Bank 2020! 4 September 2019 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating Model Bank 2019 award winners. And yet, it is time again to invite financial institutions to re…
Payment Infrastructure Trends in Japan 18 August 2019 Blog Eiichiro Yanagawa
As the first installment of this series on payment infrastructure, Part 1 of this report examined developments in the retail payment infrastruct…
Dissecting A Couple of Recent Announcements by Nets 6 August 2019 Blog Zilvinas Bareisis
Yesterday, Nets, a large payments company in the Nordics, and Mastercard announced that "Mastercard has entered into agreement to acquire Nets'…