- January 8, 2013
- Global Payments Knowledge
Have a little sympathy for the Banks …. but not too much
The Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) mis-selling scandal that the UK banking industry is still paying for is forecast to be costing them somewhere in the region of £15bn. Is the value of premiums on mis-sold policies really as high as that, and why was mis-selling
- December 12, 2012
- Global Payments Knowledge
Decreasing Volume-Increasing Value
According to a recent Gartner Press Release “The Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013” we are in the middle of a race to the unknown future of payments applications. There is no clear goal, no clear steps and the most important insufficient people. Therefore all
- November 13, 2012
- Business, Digital Payments, Global Payments Knowledge, Technology
Faster Payments Goes Global
Well maybe a slightly exaggerated title, but I was personally delighted and professionally intrigued to see that VOCALINK are preparing to deliver their Faster Payments technology in Singapore and are part of a consortium proposing to deliver the technology in Australia. Personally delighted because, as
- November 7, 2012
- Global Payments Knowledge
In the battle for supremacy is the answer always to call in the regulator?
The long-established payments infrastructures of the world are immensely powerful beasts and seem to have got their strategy right. As a platform they appear to be designed to stem any immediate threat from new entrants by being both awkward and costly to work with. These
- November 1, 2012
- Card Processing, Global Payments Knowledge
In an increasingly congested Payments Market who will come out on top – the Old Guard or the new Young Pups?
Traditional Banks are often seen as slow, cumbersome organisations who can’t manoeuvre quickly because they are saddled with huge legacy systems held together with sticky tape and plaster. They have a largely process oriented workforce, are inefficient and bureaucratic, and operate with a very expensive
- December 15, 2011
- Digital Payments, Strategy, Technology
The Future of the NFC Ecosystem
Whereas various NFC research studies predict an amazing commercial future of NFC services, which may result in around 860 million NFC handsets being shipped worldwide and €110BN in payment value globally by 2015, the key question to success really is how the commercial quotes are
- March 10, 2010
- Card Processing
The cards payments world is ramping up like never before…
M&A‘s, consolidation and technology change in just the past 2 years has left many quandaries and few definitive answers. The realisation is now quickly spreading worldwide that there is high risk and big spends coming for many of what was regarded as stable card businesses