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View from Sibos Annual Conference
The Banker’s View From series brings you regular multimedia coverage and summarises the key themes from the Sibos Annual Conference 2017.
Brian Caplen and Joy Macknight, editors at The Banker, will cover the key themes and discussions from the event through a video interview series with key industry figures and policy makers.
Key discussion points:
Cyber security | Digital transformation | Fintech engagement | AI, machine learning and data | APIs and open banking
The Banker’s View From Sibos is your ideal guide before, during and after the event.
Sibos interviews
Round up
- View from Sibos roundup
- Ather Williams, head of business banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch – View from Sibos 2017
- Natalie Blyth, global head of trade and receivables finance, global commercial banking, HSBC – View from Sibos 2017
- Lisa Lansdowne-Higgins, vice president business deposits and treasury solutions, RBC – View from Sibos 2017
- Bruno Campenon, head of financial intermediaries and corporates, BNP Paribas – View from Sibos 2017
- Pascal Augé, head of global transaction and payment services, Société Générale – View from Sibos 2017
- Eric Li, research director, Coalition – View from Sibos 2017
- Navinder Duggal, head for cash product management, DBS – View from Sibos 2017
- Enno-Burghard Weitzel, head product management trade services, Commerzbank – View from Sibos 2017
- Mike McGovern, head of investor services fintech offerings, BBH – View from Sibos 2017
- Marc Bayle de Jessé, head of the directorate general market infrastructure and payments, ECB – View from Sibos 2017
- Thomas Zeeb, CEO, SIX Securities Services – View from Sibos 2017
- Leila Fourie, CEO, Australian Payments Network – View from Sibos 2017
- Alain Raes, head of Asia Pacific and EMEA, Swift - View from Sibos 2017
Day 4
- Gavin Maclean, head of cash management and payment product, GTB, Lloyds Banking Group – View from Sibos 2017
- Matthew Davies, head of global transaction services, EMEA, Bank of America Merrill Lynch – View from Sibos 2017
- Judd Holroyde, head of global product and innovation, Wells Fargo – View from Sibos 2017
- Hasan Khan, group head of transaction banking, Standard Bank – View from Sibos 2017
Day 3
- Sophia Wikander, head of business innovation, Nordea – View from Sibos 2017
- Julia Persson, head of cash management, large corporates and institutions, Swedbank – View from Sibos 2017
- Lisa Robins, head of global transaction banking, Asia, Deutsche Bank – View from Sibos 2017
- View from Sibos: correspondent banking on the move
- Mark Evans, managing director, transaction banking, ANZ – View from Sibos 2017
- Ken Wong, head of payments strategy and innovation, GTB, TD Securities – View from Sibos 2017
Day 2
- View from Sibos: instant payments go global
- Alex Manson, global head of transaction banking, Standard Chartered – View from Sibos 2017
- Dominic Broom, global head of trade business development, BNY Mellon Treasury Services – View from Sibos 2017
- Paula de Silva, head of transaction services, SEB – View from Sibos 2017
- Emma Loftus, head of global payments and FX, JPMorgan Treasury Services – View from Sibos 2017
Day 1
- View from Sibos: cybersecurity
- Building transaction banking for the future – View from Sibos 2017
- Simon Eacott, head of payments innovation, NatWest – View from Sibos 2017
- Stephanie Wolf, head of global financial institutions, Bank of America Merrill Lynch – View from Sibos 2017
Previews
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