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View from SWIFT Business Forum London 2018
The SWIFT Business Forum London brings together 1,000 industry leaders and influential decision makers from payments, securities, market infrastructures and corporates, together with the fintech community. It provides extensive networking opportunities to meet and engage with your peers in one of the most innovative, thriving and dynamic financial centres in the world, London.
The Banker’s ‘View From’ series brings you multimedia coverage and summarises the key themes from the SWIFT Business Forum London 2018.
Joy Macknight, deputy editor at The Banker, covers the key discussions from the event through a video interview series with industry figures and policymakers.
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View from BFL Interviews
Joy Macknight asks Marion King, group director of payments, NatWest, for her opinion on the brave new world of financial services and the role banks will play in the payments ecosystem going forward.
More interviews from the View from BFL
- Matt Armstrong-Barnes, chief technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise – View from BFL 2018
- David Scola, global head of financial institutions, Barclays – View from BFL 2018
- Paul Horlock, chief executive officer, New Payment System Operator – View from BFL 2018
- Aleks Krotoski, academic & journalist – View from BFL 2018
- Tom Halpin, global head of payment products, global liquidity and cash management, HSBC – View from BFL 2018
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