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If banks are asking the wrong question, what's the right one?

If asking what should we do about the Fintech disruption is the wrong question, what’s the right question?

I would claim it is how can we change the bank to be a Fintech platform?  A good illustration of this is HSBC and its past, present and future.

Under John Bond, HSBC became a global financial behemoth, in the same vein as Citigroup.  Both banks had visionary leaders – John Bond and Sandy Weill – and aspired to offer universal banking globally.  The we can be all things, to all people, everywhere model of banking.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 20:00
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Market abuse – a complex problem for compliance teams

Since its introduction, the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) has placed a heavier burden on the compliance and regulatory obligations of many retail firms, increasing the compliance costs. The consequences have included profit warnings, consolidation and exits by smaller IFA firms across the industry. This pattern has continued unabated.

‘Compliance creep’

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Judo Payments Will Support Apple Pay UK launch

Judo Payments, Europe’s only mobile-first payments platform, today confirms its announcement as one of the payments platform providers selected to support Apple Pay when it launches in the UK in July.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 11:46
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SWIFT Turns Securities Traffic Data Into Valuable Business Insights For Its Clients

SWIFT announces the availability of Watch for Securities, a new business intelligence solution that helps securities market participants to monitor and gain valuable business insights from their network traffic. Following the completion of a successful early adopter programme, SWIFT’s Watch for Securities is ready for full scale use by local and global custodians, investment banks, asset managers and broker/dealers.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 20:00
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CommBank Releases Smartwatch Apps

Customers of Australia's Commonwealth Bank can now track the movement of share prices and perform everyday banking tasks with a tap of their wrists following the release of two new smartwatch apps.

The CommSec Apple Watch app enables customers to track movements in the ASX 200, view their share portfolio, programme in alerts and ask Siri to get live share prices. 

Paul Rayson, executive general manager, CommSec, says the new app is meeting the evolving needs of customers as they migrate to mobile channels.

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MasterCard and Buy Way bring MasterPass to Belgium

From now on, Belgians can put the entire content of their wallet in MasterPass, a digital platform launched today by MasterCard and implemented by Buy Way.

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Apriva Provides Chip And Pin Cards For mPOS with Miura

Apriva, the leading provider of secure end-to-end wireless transaction and information solutions, and Miura Systems, the market leading UK-based mPOS platform provider, today announced their partnership and product integration.

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JACCOO Releases Multi bank App & Apple watch extension

The JACCOO platform has gone live with the Multi bank application for phones and tablets and has a Apple watch extension.

We enable you to capture, analyze and report on real-time and historical data for intraday multi-bank client balances and transactions. JACCOO offers corporate customers a single, standardized, secure connection to their banking partners, enabling better cash visibility and more control over payments, receipts and liquidity management. Simple, cost-effective and easy to use.

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Eagle Alpha Strengthens Offering With New Fundamental Research Product

Eagle Alpha has launched a new component to its research suite, Investment Themes. This service consists of fundamental research that will provide insights from non-traditional sources on 100 global investment themes.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 20:00
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GLEIF Appoints Karla Mckenna As Head Of Standards

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), supporting the global rollout of the legal entity identifier (LEI), today announced the appointment of Karla McKenna as its new Head of Standards with immediate effect. Ms.

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