2023-04-23 15:02
Before we get into the ECB Bitcoin story, couple of things to say – 1.) Yes, I know this is ‘old’ news, I am catching up and sharing what i have spent this weekend reading… Read More
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2023-04-02 20:22
In this post, i will summarise the Capgemini Top Trends in Payments 2023. There are 10 key 2023 Payment Trends you need to know about, and the report is a must read for further details and i… Read More
2023-03-19 16:19
Yes guys, I am still around! My sincere apologies for the silence for the last year or so. I have been dealing with a couple of things, which i hope are now firmly in the rear view mirror. Y… Read More
2022-05-07 16:58
Errrmmmm, you may be wondering – where the heck have i been? It has been almost 2 years since my last post and WOW, what a 2 years! To be honest, there is too much to share and perhaps… Read More
2020-05-21 22:48
You may have seen a lot of information recently about Request to Pay. SWIFT are focusing in on cross border Request to Pay as part of their SWIFT gpi initiative (more to come on that later)… Read More
2020-05-19 22:22
Following on from the recent post recapping the Capgemini World Fintech Report 2020, i wanted to focus on the key payment trends that Capgemini expect to develop over the course of 2020 and… Read More
2020-05-17 21:52
Cap Gemini released their annual Fintech Report last week, and in this post i capture the key themes and share the pretty cool infographic. The title, BigTechs and Challenger Banks are here… Read More
2020-05-05 23:08
I am alive! Frequent visitors to the site will know this is my first post in a long time, its complicated…. Anyway, I’m back and wanted to ease into it by sharing a post by Acce… Read More
2019-10-01 23:09
So, Sibos 2019 has come and gone. I will be sharing some of my Sibos 2019 notes over the coming days, but today wanted to alert folks that weren’t able to attend that you can watch man… Read More
2019-09-23 23:42
Long time no blog! I want to get back into the blogging grove, and what better way to do so by sharing what i think will be pretty cool sessions at Sibos 2019. Since Sibos is in London this… Read More
2019-08-01 22:28
Payment news stories in July seemed to slow up a little, perhaps people were too busy enjoying the cricket, tennis and the lovely warm weather. Although, as this post reveals there was still… Read More
2019-07-01 19:51
The garden is almost complete, and I’m starting to blog a little more. Still not quite as much as i would like, but I’m back on it. This post summarises the key happenings in pay… Read More
2019-06-10 07:19
Last week Capgemini released their annual fintech report – World Fintech Report 2019. Capgemini provide a cool Fintech Report 2019 infographic recap, which i have shared below.
World F… Read More
2019-06-05 22:41
A few weeks back SWIFT released a report – ‘Three years on from Bangladesh: tackling the adversaries‘ – detailing SWIFT cyber threats that have emerged in the last fe… Read More
2019-06-03 07:12
Its been another quiet blogging month from me, sorry about that. I have had some household duties, i.e sorting the garden out, to attend to. It’s pretty much done, and I hope to be bac… Read More
2019-05-03 00:19
Facebook shared some interesting insights, based on a global customer survey, recently into the customer journey. This post highlights some of the key themes and the UK based infographic. It… Read More
2019-04-30 22:02
Let me start off by apologising for laying low and hardly posting in April 2019. I see a lot of folks visiting the blog and sharing posts, this motivates me and i truly appreciate your suppo… Read More
2019-04-11 21:55
The folks at Techjury created a hugely popular AI Revolution infographic at the beginning of the year. The Techjury article provides some insightful AI statistics, but it is the in… Read More
2019-04-01 20:31
Plenty of payments news stories in March 2019 – from Apple hitting the headlines last month with Apple Card, FIS’s purchase of WorldPay through to the Money20/20 conference in Si… Read More
2019-03-22 00:05
I spent the evening catching up on what has been been happening at the Money20/20 Asia 2019 conference in Singapore. There were some heavyweight fintech folks there, so the agenda was jam pa… Read More
2019-03-18 23:34
KPMG through their various Pulse of Fintech reports nicely capture, by region and globally, the state of fintech. Sometimes it is easy to get lost in all of the facts and figures – the… Read More
2019-03-13 23:50
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web! It is incredible to think how much the world has changed in the last 30 years, and how the evolution of the World Wide Web has becom… Read More
2019-03-11 09:40
Last week Deloitte released an interesting report – SWIFT for Corporates: The real value and cost of connecting to your banks via a single window – which i reviewed and made… Read More
2019-03-04 17:10
I took a bit of time off in February and when i was around was maxed out, so didn’t get a chance to blog. So this recap of the top payments news stories in February was useful for me t… Read More
2019-02-06 00:32
In 2015 my post “5 Things you need to know about PSD2” was pretty popular and was widely shared. Since then i have written other PSD2 related posts from 2FA, infographi… Read More
2019-02-01 01:02
Well, January went by pretty quickly! Lots of payments news stories unravelling at the beginning of 2019. Check out below the top payment news stories that caught my eye in January 2019… Read More
2019-01-21 22:46
At this time of the year there are many articles and reports outlining fintech predictions and fintech trends for 2019. So in this post, i thought i would share some of the best articles and… Read More
2019-01-14 21:57
Open Banking in the UK is a year old! To celebrate the anniversary the folks at Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) have created a one year anniversary infographic (see… Read More
2019-01-10 22:50
Most commentators are not talking about the difference between Ripple and SWIFT, rather framing it as a battle between the two companies – Ripple versus SWIFT. I’ve been doing qu… Read More
2019-01-10 00:52
A report into fintech trends last month by McKinsey – Synergy and disruption: Ten trends shaping fintech – caught my attention on the train this morning. Its a good read wit… Read More
2019-01-03 23:33
It is critical that you’re aware of the TARGET closing days (TARGET public holidays) since your SEPA payments will not be processed on these dates. You must avoid submitting SEPA payme… Read More
2019-01-03 00:24
Before we get into the reasons why startups fail, i would like to sincerely Thank You for your support and wish you a Happy and Healthy 2019…! So, you’re probably wondering, why… Read More
2018-12-31 11:38
As 2018 draws to a close, here are the top payments news stories in December and some recaps of the year too. It’s been quite a year and for those of you that have followed this blog i… Read More
2018-12-20 00:28
It’s that time of the year where folks are thinking about 2019 and what will be the hot payment trends of the new year. Funnily enough following on from the recent post 10 Awesome… Read More
2018-12-13 00:09
As industry and technology influencers speak and focus more and more on Artificial Intelligence (AI), it can be somewhat mind-boggling and confusing to make sense of it all. While there is l… Read More
2018-12-03 12:11
Plenty of payments news stories in November, in the last couple of days 2 particularly dramatic stories affecting Deutsche Bank and Marriott have broken. Otherwise the Fintech train continue… Read More
2018-11-26 21:47
Capgemini are renowned for their annual reports, the earlier World Payments Report 2018 and now the Top 10 Trends in Retail Banking 2019. In this post, i highlight the 10 Retail Banking Tren… Read More
2018-11-23 00:50
The “Winds of Change: The Case for New Digital Currency” speech at the Singapore Fintech Festival last week by Christine Lagarde (IMF Managing Director) was pretty dramatic. The… Read More
2018-11-14 23:04
This is by no means a comprehensive and complete technology overview of banks in 2018, but a sample of some banks to give you an idea of what banks say about and spend on tech in 2018. The m… Read More
2018-11-12 21:19
The annual list by Gartner outlining technology trends is a must read for all folks interested in tech. These are, according to Gartner, the technology trends that organisations need to… Read More
2018-11-06 22:09
I follow cricket, but cannot say I’m an avid fan of the game. Over the weekend, i found myself watching various clips from Sibos 2018, one of which was a Breakfast Keynote by Australia… Read More
2018-10-31 18:56
It has been quite a crazy month on the Payments News front, with 2 key financial services conferences taking place at the same time in Sydney-Sibos and Las Vegas-Money20/20. Of course, all o… Read More
2018-10-25 22:38
It has been quite a week watching and keeping up with events at both Sibos and Money20/20. Overall, some really interesting speakers at both events, with insights into financial services, te… Read More
2018-10-24 23:04
The top financial industry conferences are drawing to a close, with the penultimate Sibos day and last Money20/20 day. Money20/20 seemed to be quieter, maybe folks partied too hard before he… Read More
2018-10-23 22:46
Day 2 at Sibos 2018 and Money20/20 and things are getting interesting. Watching the events unfold via social media platforms, I would say the more interesting day was at Money20/20. Here are… Read More
2018-10-22 21:07
Sitting here at home in the UK i am closely following probably the two biggest conferences for the financial services industry in the world – Sibos 2018 in Sydney, Australia and Money2… Read More
2018-10-17 23:41
Capgemini together with BNP Paribas have published their much anticipated World Payments Report 2018. The World Payments Report is an annual report highlighting key payment trends across the… Read More
2018-10-16 00:04
Last week Bain & Company published research revealing the real challenge traditional banks face from technology companies. The research highlighted Amazon as the primary threat due to on… Read More
2018-10-12 11:01
The cross border payments space has historically been slow, expensive and lacking transparency, making it a perfect candidate for disruption. Incumbent players such as SWIFT are trying, thro… Read More
2018-10-08 21:18
At the heart of the SWIFT gpi initiative is something called the UETR. In this post, i will share everything i know and likely you need to know about the UETR. So let’s jump strai… Read More
2018-10-04 00:07
As readers of this blog will know, i am interested in all things technology and payments related so the recent report The Future is Now: How Ready is Treasury? was an interesting read… Read More
2018-10-01 21:39
Payment news stories in September were dominated by more cybersecurity breaches, cash continuing its gradual decline, IT glitches grip UK banks and more blockchain based payment solutions. I… Read More
2018-09-20 21:40
Last week the European Banking Federation (EBF) published the 2017 Banking In Europe facts and figures. The facts and figures are nicely summarised in a infographic that i have shared b… Read More
2018-09-19 23:25
While there are many ways for corporates to connect with their banks, if you want a single, secure, reliable and global multi-bank solution – then SWIFT is your answer. Before you get… Read More
2018-09-17 20:15
Many of us are trying to get smarter and more effective in the way we work, rest and play. I am certainly trying! In order to achieve this i have been delving into various means and methods… Read More
2018-09-03 20:08
Ok folks, I know i have been quiet for the past few months. But now i am back and will be looking to post more regularly. Let’s kick off with a look back at the top payments news… Read More
2018-08-01 03:17
I have been pretty quiet recently, focusing on work, work, work…. And looking forward to a chilled couple of weeks off. The world of payments continues to move at a swift pace. Check… Read More
2018-07-05 23:02
The JP Morgan Treasury Insights section is worth a look, i recently read an interesting article on Treasury technology – Demystifying New Technologies in Treasury. Check out the articl… Read More
2018-07-01 23:46
We’re more than half way through the year, the World Cup is in full flow the UK is sweltering and payments news stories in June continue to heat up too. Check out the following to… Read More
2018-06-07 22:40
As we all know from the many emails received over the last couple of weeks, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now here. Browsing around i came across some informative docum… Read More
2018-06-06 23:10
The world seems to be going Artificial Intelligence (AI) crazy! So in this post i thought i would cover the 10 Artificial Intelligence AI Trends highlighted by PwC for 2018. Its about 6 mont… Read More
2018-06-01 22:32
Payments news stories in May highlighted cyber threats in Mexico, TSB IT issues lingered, PayPal partnerships, Ripple continued to sign-up new partners and banks pursued their respective dig… Read More
2018-05-21 20:57
APIs are at the heart of the PSD2 and Open Banking revolution, yet many folks don’t really know what APIs actually are. Its worth noting that web based APIs have been around since… Read More
2018-05-17 23:43
I’m hearing a lot about the Gartner Magic Quadrant, so thought i would check it out. In this post, i share the absolute minimum that you need to know about the Gartner Magic Quadr… Read More
2018-05-08 20:52
Robotics seems to be the hot new topic at the moment, everywhere i turn i keep hearing about robotics, machine learning and RPA – Robotic Process Automation. So i was on the look out f… Read More
2018-05-01 23:23
Over the last year the financial services sector has been bombarded by coverage of the upcoming (and depending on your viewpoint present) GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple) disrupti… Read More
2018-04-30 19:51
Payments news stories in April continued to be dominated by Fintech and the usual Fintech companies! Fintech companies doing fintech and banks trying to be more like fintech’s. And we… Read More
2018-04-26 20:44
With just under 1 month to go, the EPC has released a What the GDPR Means for Payments infographic. The GDPR and Payments infographic is shared below, but first:
Wait, what is GDPR?
GDPR &nd&hell…Read More
2018-04-26 00:15
Yesterday i was one of about 1100 registered delegates that attended the SWIFT London Business Forum 2018 at Tobacco Dock. The theme of the forum was “Seizing the Opportunity”, a… Read More
2018-04-18 23:24
Last month UK Finance together with Financial Fraud Action UK published 2017 annual fraud update, highlighting different types of fraud along with some pretty incredible statistics (total nu… Read More
2018-04-17 22:35
Over the weekend i came across an interesting infographic about how 10 billionaires faced failure. It caught my attention since a few of the folks are leaders in financial services and in pa… Read More
2018-04-13 23:19
Brexit is probably the biggest event in recent memory to shake up the European Union. As the Brexit negotiations unfold, the implications on the “four freedoms” (goods, capital… Read More
2018-04-09 23:39
There’s no doubt that the UK government recognises the importance of financial services, and in a rapidly changing technological environment the need for the UK to position itself as t… Read More
2018-04-03 20:02
Lot’s of payments news stories flying about this month. Unsurprisingly Open Banking is hitting the headlines, a focus on fintech in the UK, innovation and talk of the Kodak moment in f… Read More
2018-03-25 23:13
PSD2 is a HOT topic at the moment, and will continue to dominate discussions for the foreseeable future. The revised European Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is multifaceted regulatio… Read More
2018-03-19 21:54
I have received a couple of recurring questions about payment fees, specifically the difference between BEN, OUR and SHA. So, lets get straight to it…
Payment Fees / Transaction Charg… Read More
2018-03-16 23:48
I was curious to see what happened at Money 20/20 Asia, which took place in Singapore this last week, 13-15th March. So, took to Twitter to get the low down. There was some pretty interestin… Read More
![Is Amazon About To Get Jiggy With Banking? [Infographic]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/3151/315084-629601972.w320.jpg "Is Amazon About To Get Jiggy With Banking? [Infographic]")
2018-03-15 00:14
Last week Bain and Company released a published an article titled Banking’s Amazon Moment. I think its fair to say that it has caused a storm, Amazon are disrupting virtually every ind… Read More
2018-03-13 23:53
Following on from the posts about the BAI2 and MT940 bank statement formats, I have had a few requests to provide an overview of the camt.053 format. I will not go into the details of e… Read More
2018-03-09 01:03
Today the European Commission published a 23 Step ‘Fintech Action Plan’ to help promote more competitive and innovative financial services across the European Union. The Fin… Read More
2018-03-07 00:29
Last week the Bank of England Governor. Mark Carney, talked to some students at Edinburgh University about the Future of Money. The speech hit the headlines last week because Mark criticised… Read More
2018-03-07 00:29
Last week the Bank of England Governor. Mark Carney, talked to some students at Edinburgh University about the Future of Money. The speech hit the headlines last week because Mark criticised… Read More
2018-03-04 12:25
The Mobile World Congress (MWC 2018) in Barcelona last week is an annual conference where the top mobile ideas, innovations and participants gather. I find it fascinating since everything ar… Read More
2018-02-28 22:56
This month the payments news stories seem to be dominated by PSD2, Open Banking and all things blockchain. In particular stories of multiple Ripple initiatives here, there and everywhere! Pl… Read More
2018-02-27 00:02
I have had a couple of recurring questions about bank statements recently, and rather than responding to the individuals directly i thought it would be useful to address the question via a p… Read More
2018-02-21 00:04
A couple of weeks ago the European Payments Council (EPC) released a pretty interesting infographic which covers some complex terms such as RTS, SCA, CSC – all of which are key compone… Read More
2018-02-15 23:33
The KPMG Pulse of Fintech report is a must read for anybody interested in technology and financial services. And the current installation The Pulse of Fintech Q4 2017 is doubly notewort… Read More
2018-02-12 09:53
Bitcoin has been pretty crazy lately, at the weekend even my Mum asked me about the decentralised cryptocurrency. Anyway, it got me thinking about the origins, and how it all began. So i tur… Read More
2018-02-10 15:09
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been lying low recently. Couple of reasons, with the new year I am thinking about what I really want to achieve in 2018, and if/how could t… Read More
2018-02-01 21:31
January 2018, big month! Open Banking came to Europe, and while things were relatively quiet, in years to come I am sure we will all reflect back on Jan-2018 as the month where it all starte… Read More
2018-01-04 00:03
Its that time of the year where all the top firms report and predict their hot payment trends for the new year. One of the earliest firms to get the payment trends ball rolling was Capgemini… Read More
2018-01-01 16:19
Here we are, 2018! As i recover from a week of festivities, i thought i would take some time out to consider what we have ahead of us in 2018.
SEPA For Corporates – 2018, What Next&hel&hell…Read More
2017-12-23 20:27
Well here we are, more than ready to break up for Christmas and prepare for the new year ahead. In the last few days i had my own mini crisis – my blog got hacked. Who tf would want to… Read More
2017-12-18 21:59
Over the last couple of days the infographic If Only You’d Invested in Bitcoin has been shared many times. And that is of course because the price of Bitcoin has gone crazy from approx… Read More
2017-12-13 23:48
Okay, you may have noticed recently a lot of hype and press coverage around Bitcoin. It has been pretty phenomenal, last weekend even my Mum asked me – “what is this Bitcoin &hell…Read More
2017-12-06 21:19
I’ve been doing a lot of reading up on blockchain recently, with a view to understanding the various components and the difference between them. In this post i would like to recommend… Read More
2017-12-06 00:03
Accenture recently completed a payments study of 1,500 consumers in North America which helped devise the following 10 mega Payment Trends that they believe will shape the future of payments… Read More
2017-12-04 22:18
With just over a month to go till PSD2 (Payments Services Directive) comes into effect, there is a lot of buzz about the upcoming regulation. In this post i summarise what i learnt from the… Read More
2017-11-30 23:19
As we draw the curtains on November 2017, i summarised the months noteworthy payments new stories. The main stories that sprint to mind are SEPA instant payments went live on 21st Nov, Bitco… Read More
2017-11-29 22:38
The European Payments Council unveiled a pretty cool infographic today highlighting the “Top 10 Benefits of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme”. Below is the SEPA Instant Pa… Read More
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