Why travel half way around the world for SIBOS? Just look out of the window

The enormity of global trade is on display this year in Osaka, and it is more evident than ever that payments and trade finance are critical banking services supporting global economic growth.

At last, a Sibos where conversation around SEPA is welcome

After years of speculation, next week in Osaka we finally appear to have a Sibos with a SEPA conversation worth having. With the date for compliance across the Eurozone now set for February 2014, we are beginning to see a move by corporates to start to adopt SEPA standards.

Transaction banking enters the era of customer experience

Customer experience is fast becoming the real differentiator in transaction banking. It is no longer enough to offer a simple, automated payment processing.

Banks and vendors need to work together to succeed

Banks are under constant pressure to meet their customer expectations and reacting piecemeal to customer requests buys little time. Banks need to invest in their business so they can anticipate customer needs and offer an engaging online user experience.

2012 is shaping up to be a year of payments transformation

2012 is shaping up nicely to become remembered as the year when banks started reviewing their cash management and payment platforms to gain the upper hand in customer engagement and brand loyalty.

The customer is always right

It’s a fact that when it comes to banking and payments, customers have high expectations of reliability, efficiency and dependability. This has not changed over the decades.

Hubs. Time to make them work

Final countdown to Sibos

Knowledge-based innovation

All banks benefit from improvements to the payment market’s efficiency. This is where experienced software professionals can help the payments community achieve more in less time, particularly in complex global markets.

Innovating to better compete with existing and new players

The need to develop new customer propositions has become more important recently because of the new market entrants that many claim are eroding the traditional bank’s business in the payments space.