While often considered a nuisance for financial institutions and their corporate clients, a new approach to cross-currency payments could yield benefits to both, says Matthew Richardson, Director at Deutsche Bank.
Security traders today face two major challenges: the markets in which they operate have become highly complex and ultra-fast, while at the same time the fiduciary duty of best execution is viewed more seriously than ever. Wayne Wagner explains how data visualization applications help traders achieve best execution by informing them of developing situations quickly enough to prevent sub-standard executions.
As one of the UK’s biggest lenders Barclaycard is at the sharp end of the credit crunch. But that hasn’t stopped it from investing millions of pounds in contactless payment technology. Diana Milne meets CEO Antony Jenkins to find out why he predicts the death of plastic in a decade and how Barclaycard will weather the economic storm.
Bo Lykkegaard, Program Manager for European Enterprise Applications for IDC, reveals his predictions.
In the midst of the global credit crunch, Turkey is positioning itself as a market leader in technology investment. Mehlika Ertas tells FST why Turkey is top of its game for IT innovation.