ISO 20022 as innovation enabler

At the occasion of the 2017 Standards Forum to be held at Sibos in Toronto, Canada from 16 to 19 October, I interviewed a number of SWIFT standards experts about the content of this year's programme....

Standards Forum

Highlights and approach of the 2017 Sibos Standards Forum

At the occasion of the 2017 Standards Forum to be held at Sibos in Toronto, Canada from 16 to 19 October, I interviewed a number of SWIFT standards experts about the content of this year's programme....

Standards Forum

Future Shout Out !!

Future Shout Out !! I wake up every morning thinking about what innovation, idea's, enhancements, additions, changes, etc. I can offer that will push the future of finance another step forward. I beli...

Fintech

SIBOS 2016 - Protect customer, reduce risk and simplify core

Last year SIBOS was an inflection point for transaction bankers and FinTech, but this year in Geneva we saw a very measured response to key Industry challenges faced across the globe, starting from Cy...

Financial Services Regulation

Sibos Lessons - Banking transformation too fast for most

Last week the multilingual Swiss of Geneva bid au revoir and aufedersein to nearly 10,000 bankers. The attendees of Sibos left knowing just how much technological change is facing the banking industry...

Sibos - Midpoint view

Having had a sabbatical of several years from Sibos it has been great to return to the community at Sibos 2016 in Geneva. So what has changed? The grid layout of the exhibition still provides delega...

SIBOS: The changing trend in technology adoption by banks

The current ongoing SIBOS is a milestone event showcasing disruptive and innovative technologies that the banks will have to embrace to stay competitive. The fintechs are the toast of the event. One c...

Innovation in Financial Services

Sibos Day One roundup - D-Day for Banks -

This year’s Sibos in Geneva wrapped its first day with more innovation than ever. The buzzwords which dominated this year; were 'The Three Ds' Digitisation, Disruption, and the newly minted Distribut...

Build it and they will come - Corporates agree

As the annual SWIFT event Sibos, kicks off, it is very interesting to review the growth of the network, not just over the past year but back to 1999 when the network was opened up to the corporates s...

Sibos returns to Europe and here’s what to expect

Shorter days and longer nights are approaching fast. We may not be ready to let go of summer just yet, but the good news is there’s an exciting event season ahead of us - If your calendar is not set f...

Digitalisation: Don’t Be Distracted By The Shiny Front End

In the run up to Sibos 2016, I wanted to use this blog to talk about some of the lesser known impacts of digitalisation, particularly in corporate banking. There’s been so much written about digitalis...

Standards are more than messages

At the occasion of the 2016 Standards Forum to be held from 26 to 29 September in Geneva, I interviewed a number of SWIFT standards experts about the content of this year's programme. As each of the ...

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