A Tale of Two Cities…err Conferences

Two conferences (Money2020 and AFP), one week (November 1-5), one common thread—the industry we are all apart of is facing the biggest challenges, threats and change we have seen in decades.

Addressing Fraud in Asia

Asia’s cultural and economic diversity makes it difficult to draw broad generalizations about trends and issues in the financial services industry. However, one clear trend is the growing incidence and size of payment fraud across the region, especially as customer transactions are increasingly completed either online or through a mobile phone.

What’s UP at Sibos: Day 4 “Real time is all the time and about how we interact with the customer,” courtesy of ACI’s Craig Ramsey

Sibos is an annual conference, exhibition, and networking event for the financial industry. This event has grown into a premier business forum for the global financial community to debate and collaborate in the areas of payments, securities, cash management and trade.

What’s UP at Sibos: Day 3 Real-time, Risk, Rest and ISO 20022

Sibos is an annual conference, exhibition, and networking event for the financial industry. This event has grown into a premier business forum for the global financial community to debate and collaborate in the areas of payments, securities, cash management and trade.

Desire for Mobile Payments – Driven by the Rattle & Hum of U2

I overheard a woman at a retailer’s checkout line asking the cashier if they could accept payments from Apple’s new iPhone 6. The cashier didn’t know. The woman then went on about how excited she was at the idea of making a purchase via her phone, leading to a domino effect—with others chiming in and asking questions of other cashiers who were also unsure of if/when their point of sale terminals would be ready to accept a mobile payment.

What’s UP at Sibos: Day 2 How to Move UP with Real-Time, courtesy of ACI’s Paul Thomalla

Sibos is an annual conference, exhibition, and networking event for the financial industry. This event has grown into a premier business forum for the global financial community to debate and collaborate in the areas of payments, securities, cash management and trade.

What’s UP at Sibos: Day 1 Trends we’re seeing in transaction banking in EMEA, compliments of ACI’s Silvia Mensdorff

Sibos is an annual conference, exhibition, and networking event for the financial industry. This event has grown into a premier business forum for the global financial community to debate and collaborate in the areas of payments, securities, cash management and trade.

Payments Innovation at Groupe Auchan, One of the World’s Largest Retailers

We sat down with Arnaud Crouzet, Head of Group Global Payments Development at Auchan. Arnaud provides insight into the rationale behind this move and what it means to Auchan’s technology-savvy customer base.

New Payments Technology that Never Happened (So Far)

Given how rapidly our industry has changed in the past 25 years, we come out of the fall Fintech shows all excited about “the next big thing.

Global Consumer Fraud Survey Part II: Is there an unfair distrust of retailers?

More results were released earlier this week from Aite Group based on the ACI Global Consumer Fraud Survey.

Questioning Consumer Confidence in Fraud Protection: Are Banks and Retailers at Risk?

Earlier today, Aite Group (alongside ACI) unveiled a comprehensive new research report that calls into question consumer confidence in fraud protection by financial institutions and retailers.

BASEL III – Friend or Foe?

BASEL III focuses on two main aspects to manage risk:  Capital and Liquidity.  The scope of this initiative forces a comprehensive examination of assets, systems and procedures.