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Future Banking November 2011

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Joining the dots The days when relationship banking consisted solely of basic checking and savings accounts are long gone. With regulators calling for stricter compliance and clients requiring ever... > read more
FTT: To tax, or not to tax? Simon Lewis of the AFME investigates the proposed European financial transaction tax, its pros and cons, and what it means for businesses and consumers...

Trading places The Trade Facilitation Programme aims to promote foreign trade to, from and within south-east Europe and the CIS. Rudolf Putz, deputy director of financial institutions at the European Bank...

Don't miss the payments party As the payment landscape in Europe changes, banks are working hard to ensure they are not disintermediated. Jim Banks speaks to Eric Tak, global head of cards, cash and new business at...

IT: the bedrock of tomorrow's banks Building the right information technology platform is a major ingredient in the success of any bank. Jim Banks asked Mikael Munck, CIO of cutting-edge financial IT provider Saxo Bank, about...

SEPA marches on With the eurozone debt crisis dominating the headlines, it’s easy to forget that life in the EU goes on. Gerard Hartsink, chairman of the European Payments Council, discusses with Rod...

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A human community
At the BNP Paribas General Shareholders’ Meeting in May, chairman of the board of directors Michel Pébereau announced his intention to step down at the end of 2011. Here, he reveals what has...

Basel III - rewriting the rule book
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has proposed a shake-up of banking legislation following the financial crisis, in a bid to shore up the banking sector and prevent future crises....

Capital: Protection from the storm
Basel III-led financial regulators want to protect the banking system by enforcing increases in both the quantity and quality of financial institutions’ capital. However, according to Dr...

Cloud convergence
A year can be an eternity in the world of technology, particularly when it comes to advances in cloud computing. Future Banking catches up with Deutsche Bank Americas’ Brett Smith to discuss...

Exchange for the better
The past year has been critical for the London Stock Exchange Group as it looks to reclaim its place at the head of the market. CIO Antoine Shagoury talks to Rod James about trading...

In contact with the consumer
Credit and debit cards capable of contactless payments for low-value transactions are becoming commonplace, and a growing number of retailers have the electronic readers to handle...

Luxembourg: a test bed for change
Luxembourg may be small but, with an active banking sector that depends heavily on cross-border transactions, it is embracing market changes such as SEPA. Marc Hemmerling of the Luxembourg...

On guard against the cybercriminals
It’s not just the CIA that needs to worry about hackers. European banks are now at the centre of the fight against cybercrime, and they are facing a formidable foe. Udo Helmbrecht,...

This time it's personal
Personalised – and localised – service is vital if banks are going to earn customer loyalty in the future. The solution, according to Gartner’s research director Stessa Cohen, is personal...