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Oct 12, 2011

60% of the world’s order executions are on mainframes

I was just reading through my notes as Chair of the #TradeTech conference last week, and found a bunch of interesting notes and quotes. Rather than assembling them into a sensible blog post, I’m just going to write them up ad hoc and you can make your own mind up about the meaning, context and…

Aug 3, 2011

The Financial Services Club London Agenda, Winter 2011

For those who are interested, here's the Financial Services Club's forward agenda for Q3/Q4 2011 Download Season outline 2011-2012 (PDF) And, if you haven't joined the Club yet, why not? If you want to attend any of these events, join the Club! Thursday, 08 September 2011 What is the future for Global Finance? Professor Michael Mainelli, Emeritus…

Jul 6, 2011

Innovation and risk: creating 1,000 mph car

We had a fantastic meeting of the Financial Services Club last night. It was the close of our 2010-2011 season of meetings, and therefore slightly racier subject matter with Richard Noble, OBE. Richard is an inspirational character and the driving force behind Britain’s land speed record winning cars: Thrust2 and Thrust SuperSonic Car (SSC). Richard…

May 18, 2011

How banks should think about technology and innovation

In a recent speech at the Financial Services Club, JP Rangaswami talked about “How banks should think about technology and innovation”. JP Rangaswami is Chief Scientist at Salesforce.com, author of Confused of Calcutta, and one of the most innovative technologists around (full bio at end of blog). It proved to be an incredibly popular session, with…

Apr 11, 2011

Cloud Computing in Banking, the Big Debate

Gartner estimate cloud computing will grow from a market worth $36 billion in 2009 to over $160 billion by 2015, with around a fifth of all firms relying on the cloud for significant parts of their technology operations by 2012. A recent FS Club debate on the current state of cloud computing for the financial…

Apr 7, 2011

Vernon Hill on Metro Bank

We recently hosted Vernon Hill at the Financial Services Club. Vernon is the charismatic founder of Metro Bank UK and successful bank veteran in the USA, having built Commerce Bank from just one branch in the 1970s to a 435 branch behemoth that was sold for $8.5 billion in 2007. Vernon Hill was a fast-food…

Feb 25, 2011

Next generation payments by Peter Ayliffe, President & CEO, Visa Europe

Peter Ayliffe, President and Chief Executive of Visa Europe, presented to the Financial Services Club this week his vision of next generation payments, and how far we could become cashless. The war on cash is the drumbeat of all card firms, and it was notable that Peter made it clear that he did not…

Feb 9, 2011

Does SEPA matter?

We had a good meeting of the financial services club this week to debate SEPA, and whether it matters. It was a repeat of last year’s meeting, with Fred Bar of Vocalink and Gary Wright of the SEPA Consultancy putting the case for SEPA opposed once again by Paul Smee of the Payments Council and…

Jan 10, 2011

FSClub’s London Agenda, Spring 2011

Here's a summary of the meetings we have planned for Spring 2011 in the Financial Services Club London, with more details following after. If you want to attend any of these events, just click here and choose the event you want to join. 12th January 2011“An update on EU financial services legislation and…

Dec 17, 2010

Andrew Tyrie: a Man with a Mission

Our last meeting of the year at the Financial Services Club featured Andrew Tyrie, Head of the Treasury Select Committee. The meeting was held in partnership with the Industry & Parliament Trust, and a good night was had by all. In a packed room, Andrew talked about the government’s challenges and his own varied…