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Regulations: heads, you win; tails, I lose
Thursday, November 03, 2011 Paul Styles to Transaction BankingThe proposals to update the Mifid directive governing European financial markets is just the latest in a slew of regulatory initiatives to hit the financial services market.
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Banking Meets Mobile at Cardist
Wednesday, November 02, 2011 ACI WorldwideThe Cardist conference, Banking Meets Mobile, started yesterday in Istanbul and the real buzz was focused on mobile and the near future of payments.
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What they know about monitoring in São Paulo
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Marina Brown to Payments Risk ManagementA study of 100 banks around the world conducted by Ovum early in 2011 identified large global discrepancies of the importance of application and system monitoring.
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What will NACHA’s proposals do to bank revenues?
Friday, October 21, 2011 Wijay AsirwathamAs when any major change appears on the horizon, one of the first questions to be asked is what will be the impact on revenues.
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EMV: What does it mean for Acquirers?
Thursday, October 20, 2011 Jim Schlegel to Retail PaymentsWith Visa’s recently announced U.S. EMV initiative, massive infrastructure changes loom on the horizon for card acquirers.
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EMV: What does it mean for Issuers?
Monday, October 17, 2011 Jim Schlegel to Retail PaymentsThe EMV ball is starting to roll in the U.S., and the EMV specifications will affect all actors in the existing payment scheme – from issuers, acquirers, merchants to consumers.
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NACHA proposals swing spotlight back to real-time fraud prevention
Friday, October 14, 2011 Wijay AsirwathamWhenever real-time payments are discussed, the issues of credit, financial risk, and fraud prevention and detection are not far behind. So when NACHA announced that it was issuing proposals for a same-day ACH payment scheme in the US, I am sure that the issues of risk and payment fraud were front of mind for many in the industry.
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Same-day ACH proposals from NACHA – what now?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Wijay AsirwathamThe proposal from NACHA to create a same-day ACH scheme is a great step forward in meeting the needs of corporates and consumers, and bringing in new payment volumes in B2B, P2P and eCommerce into ACH.
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Reflections on Toronto
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 Paul ThomallaAs we're wrapping up the loose ends from Toronto, the thing I keep coming back to is how different the conversations were than they have been in the past.
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EMV: Let the planning begin
Monday, October 03, 2011 Jim Schlegel to Retail PaymentsThere’s no way around it – EMV transition planning will be complicated. However, while EMV is a complex specification, the good news is that it can grow over time.