Latest articles from Stephen Timewell

New champions, fresh insights

October 1, 2007

Debate on China’s future was fierce at the inaugural summer event of the World Economic Forum held in the Chinese city of Dalian. Stephen Timewell reports.

Getting on with the neighbours

September 3, 2007

Stephen Timewell reports on the fruits of a new found spirit of co-operation between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

Birth of a UAE champion

September 3, 2007

Stephen Timewell in Dubai reports on the mould-breaking merger plans of the UAE’s first and fourth largest banks.

Strategic prioritising

September 3, 2007

The Banker/SAP survey into the prospective state of retail banks in 2015 finds, among other things, that corporate and private banking clients will be the prime focus. Stephen Timewell explains.

New mechanisms for a new age

September 3, 2007

In 2015, retail banking will still be concerned with its core role of supplying customers with help in paying for their purchases but the mechanics could look radically different, writes Stephen Timewell.

Cost of security is a bar to compliance

August 1, 2007

The common standard designed to limit the threat of security breaches in the card industry has met with a slow response. Some say that more details need ironing out. Stephen Timewell reports.

Ron van Wezel

July 4, 2007

The new chairman of Mobey Forum talks to Stephen Timewell about the future of facilitating payments using a mobile phone.

Good omens of upheaval

July 4, 2007

Qatar’s financial sector may be in for a shake-up as the country begins to fulfil the potential offered by huge oil revenues, writes Stephen Timewell.

More than a gas success story

July 4, 2007

As its gas boom continues, Qatar is attracting prestigious financial institutions interested in project finance and local wealth. Stephen Timewell reports from Doha.

Dynamic channels to weigh up

July 2, 2007

In the third of The Banker’s regular series looking at retail banking in the future, Stephen Timewell examines the huge expansion of services and channels and how banks will cope.

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