Global Payments & Transfers Insights

By Andrew Mikesell, mCommerce product director, Sybase, an SAP CompanyMobile banking introduces new ways to interact with customers, add revenue and enhance customer relationships. Start planning now to extend your market reach. mCommerce services and mobility have the potential to significantly improve both business customer and consumer... read more

By: Emil Büchler Managing Director, Head of Cards SIX Card Solutions The way consumers and businesses want to make payments has evolved considerably over the past five years. Convenience, speed and security have become the defining features of payments in the modern world. As a result, these drivers are leading to new and innovative... read more

By Adrian Stafford-Jones, managing director, Albany Software, David Sear, global managing director, Travelex Global Business PaymentsOver the past decade the payments landscape in the UK has changed dramatically. From the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of Bacs payments to the explosive growth of the internet and online communities, companies... read more

By Vinod Jain, managing consultant, HeadstrongCaeson Potter, technical manager, HeadstrongThis paper seeks to highlight and address the various dynamics in payment processing for over the counter (OTC) derivatives trades. Introduction:Payment processing is a critical function within the lifecycle of OTC trades. The majority of trades in the $465... read more

By Kevin Maxwell,Marketing Manager ValueLink,Understanding the underlying problems that create risk within the processing of corporate actions now demands a much more strategic thought process. Many firms have invested in people to research and interpret the details of a corporate action. However, this has proven to be costly, time consuming and... read more

By Paul Higdonchief technology officerThe backgroundIt is now over two years since the full fury of the financial crisis struck. Its effects have reverberated throughout the corporate treasury industry, changing priorities in cash, treasury and risk management, and in the demands and requirements placed on the technology solutions that support... read more

By Mickey Vonckx,business development manager,Hanse OrgaIn the last two years a great deal of literature has been published around the financial crisis and its implications for corporate treasury. The demand for efficiency gains is stronger than ever before and has become a catalyst for treasury departments across the world to undertake the... read more

By Adrian Stafford-Jones, managing director, Albany SoftwareThe cashless society may be rapidly dawning but are UK businesses realising the benefits of electronic payment mechanisms? Organisations now have the chance to rationalise payment methods by removing expensive cheques, CHAPS and credit/debit cards from the mix and consolidating to the... read more

By Paddy Earnshaw CRM Director, Travelex Global Business PaymentsAs the UK creeps out of recession, growing numbers of British businesses have increased their focus on cash management strategies. With short-term cost cutting measures such as headcount reductions exhausted in 2009, cost reduction through more effective supply-chain management has... read more

By Jonathan Lampe, VP of Product Management, Ipswitch File Transfer division. With awareness of data breaches at an all-time high, banking institutions are working hard to implement policies and solutions that protect sensitive financial information along with their reputations and industry competitiveness. In today’s digital world, critical... read more