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View from Sibos 2014
Date: 29th September - 2nd October, 2014
Location: Boston
The Banker is proud to be a media sponsor of Sibos 2014, partnering the world's premier banking and finance resource with one of the key events in the finance industry.
Regulation has loomed over the transaction banking industry in recent years and last year anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer regulations were on the delegates' minds. The Banker's editorial team will be at Sibos - the annual meeting of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and the place where the transaction banking industry meets - to find out if this year is different.
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Pre - Sibos 2014 videos
Beyond regulation: transaction services in 2014 - A look forward to Sibos 2014 from Sibos 2013
Pre-Sibos interview with Ed Thurman, Lloyds Banking Group
Pre-Sibos interview with Helen Mason and Nick Blake, RBS
Pre-Sibos interview with Jane Cooper, technology and transaction banking editor, The Banker
Ahead of Sibos 2014 The Banker's editor Brian Caplen discusses the event’s agenda with SWIFT’s chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt.
Transaction Bankers
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Technology Projects of the Year, 2014
August 1, 2014Cyber attack: Is your bank safe?
September 1, 2014From financially motivated cyber crime to politically influenced cyber warfare, the virtual threats to financial institutions are multiplying. Companies must respond by arming themselves against such attacks or else they risk losing their footing on the new digital battleground.
Swift chief looks to stay ahead of the technology game
September 1, 2014Brian Caplen talks to chief executive of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift), Gottfried Leibbrandt, about changing technology, the impact of regulation and the society’s ‘incremental and gradual approach’ to its initiatives.
Banks' big data dilemma
April 28, 2014Customers trust banks with their money, but should they trust banks with their data?
Transaction banking: finding the right balance
July 1, 2014Senior executives from the transaction banking industry discuss the latest industry trends, the state of regulation and the hunt for the next generation of transaction bankers.
Putting the stress on intraday liquidity
September 1, 2014Until now, banks have managed their payment and settlement obligations based upon end-of-day forecasts, but from January 2015 the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision wants to see banks monitoring their balances intraday. Frances Faulds reports on how the industry is adapting to this fundamental change to reduce operational risk.
China's prime time for trade finance
September 1, 2014With heavy state involvement and the occasional scandal, China’s trade finance sector may not be perfect. But significant change is under way as government policies facilitate growth and diversification in the country’s industry and financial sector.
Start-ups prepare to face the Sibos test
September 1, 2014At Sibos 2014, finalists in the fifth Innotribe Startup Challenge will throw themselves into a sea of financial services expertise and see who can swim. Dan Barnes reports.
Kenyan banks look to crash M-Pesa’s party
September 1, 2014Kenya’s Equity Bank is determined to launch a new mobile banking product that has the potential to shake up an industry dominated by the creator of M-Pesa, Safaricom. Experts say that while Equity could present serious long-term competition for Safaricom, it has its work cut out.
Regulation gets real for virtual currencies
August 26, 2014Both the EU and New York are looking to bring digital currencies under a full regulatory regime, but their approaches are rather different.
Open-access banks: surviving the tech challenge
August 1, 2014Banks are facing a digital revolution that may become rule of law if European Commission proposals on account access are passed. With new entrants on the inside track when it comes to technological advantages and banks at risk of becoming the 'dumb pipes', some lenders are rising to the challenge, while others simply do not get it.
Smart machines: clever enough to replace bankers?
June 2, 2014Computers have reached such a level of sophistication that they can now outperform their human counterparts at some tasks, a fact that has not gone unnoticed in the banking community. But, while smart machines are increasingly being utilised in customer service and data analysis capacities, advocates of these new technologies maintain that they are designed to complement rather than replace the traditional workforce.
Financing fintech start-ups: will they take off?
May 1, 2014Big banks and tech start-ups are collaborating to plug the gaps in financial technology, with the start-ups acting as a testing ground for technologies before they are scaled up.