Future Banking Executive Corner

Peter Ligezinski, CIO of Allianz Investment Bank throws down the challenge to vendors: Come up with a new architecture that can run the Flexible Banking systems of tomorrow.
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Thirty five years on from decimalisation, consumers in the UK are once again seeing some far-reaching changes to the way they make payments, writes Paul Smee, Chief Executive of APACS. read more...

India’s combined annual BPO and IT Offshoring revenue is now a staggering $19.5bn, with the Financial Services sector in particular experiencing massive growth. But data security risks and competition from new rivals raise doubts about the subcontinent’s continued dominance of the market. Mark Stuart asks Kiran Karnik, President of IT trade body NASSCOM, how India is dealing with recent negative coverage and creating new opportunities. read more...

The problems of regulating Europe’s banking market in the wake of IAS and Basel II actually represent a golden opportunity for convergence, argues José María Roldán,
outgoing chair, Committee of European Banking Supervisors. read more...

As the deadline for SEPA draws nearer, Christian Westerhaus,  Head of Payments Strategy and Infrastructures at Deutsche Bank,  looks into the latest developments and the ultimate consequences  for Europe’s Banks. read more...

Preserving trust, listening to the marketplace and relentless innovation: these are the goals the Payment Card industry has to work towards tirelessly in order to grow its share of the market and retain the loyalty of the consumer, writes John Philip Coghlan, President and CEO, Visa USA. read more...