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  • user 3:36 pm on July 11, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Banken: Mit Instant Payments zurück zu alter Grösse? 

    In den macht sich die Sorge breit, von den Anbietern mobiler und Online-Bezahllösungen, wie Alipay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, WeChat, Amazon und PayPal/Venmo, umgangen zu werden.

    In der Tat unternehmen die Interkonzerne einige Anstrengungen, um ihre Abhängigkeit von der Zahlungsverkehrinfrastruktur der Banken zu verringern. In China haben sich Alipay und WeChat bereits deutlich von den Banken bzw. von UnionPay emanzipiert und in den USA betreiben Venmo und andere die Separation mit dem Automated Clearing House.

    Die Banken wollen dem schleichenden Bedeutungsverlust in einer ihrer Paradedisziplinen mit sog. Real-Time Plattformen für entgegenwirken. Schlüsselelement ist ISO 20022. Der Bankenverband liefert folgende Definition:

    ISO 20022 wird ebenfalls als UNIFI-Standard (UNIversal Financial Industry message scheme) bezeichnet. Dieser Standard strebt eine weltweite Konvergenz von existierenden und neuen Nachrichtenstandards aus verschiedenen Bereichen des Finanzwesens an. Für die Entwicklung neuer Nachrichten bietet ISO 20022 eine Plattform, die einen einheitlichen Entwicklungs- und Modellierungsprozess von Nachrichten vorgibt. Dies bedeutet, dass Nachrichten in Standardisierungsorganisationen beispielsweise bei SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) entwickelt und unter ISO 20022 als weltweit gültiger Standard verabschiedet werden.

    So weit so gut. Allerdings geben auch Bankenvertreter zu bedenken, dass Real Time Plattformen auf Basis von ISO 20022 nur so gut sein können, wie die Verarbeitungskapazitäten der Banken damit Schritt halten. Denn: Was nützt eine sechsspurige Autobahn ohne Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung, wenn auf ihr nur Kleinwagen mit 50 PS und/oder Schwerlaster unterwegs sind? Was, wenn auf einmal Sportwagen und wendige, verbrauchsarme Mittelklassewagen mit großem Stauraum den Zugang bekommen? Das IBS Journal bringt es in seiner aktuellen Ausgabe auf den Punkt:

    Building a new platform is all well and good but unless bank&;s own is flexible and run inexpensively, while stiff offering a great front-end-consumer experience, then they could still lose out to newcomers and challenger , especially if they have access to the new national real-time infrastructures being built (in: Real-time: platforms for innovation?)

    Um also in den Genuss der Vorteile kommen zu können und dem Schicksal der &;Disintermediation&; zu entgehen, müssen die Banken die technologischen Voraussetzungen zuvor geschaffen haben:

    The service layer should be the battleground for business and volume in the opinion of most regulators and customers, but this can only happen if the infrastructure layer is good enough to compete with the likes of Amazon or Alibaba (ebd.).

    Daneben sind noch weitere Fragen zu beantworten: Was ist zu tun, wenn einige Länder am alten ISO 8583 festhalten, um die Verarbeitung in Echtzeit zu erreichen? Wie kann ein Flickenteppich an Instant-Payments-Lösungen verhindert, zumindest jedoch eingedämmt werden?

    Autor Ralf Keuper, Artikel erschien zuerst im Bankstil Blog

    Featured Image: Hands of Person Shopping in Internet Making Instant Mobile Telephone Payment Transaction via Shutterstock

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  • user 12:19 am on July 11, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Wrap of Week #27: Swiss Fintech conference, Sentiment Fintechs, Open Data in banking, InsurTech Winners, Blockchain pitchathon 

    We started the with the&;main takeaways from the Swiss International finance forum&160;after hearing from UBS, Blackrock, FINMA and Ian Goldin. We initiated a landscape report of using&160; analysis in the East and Europe. The US will follow next week. The&160; issue is really a double edge sword, especially for . Some thoughts&;Read more of Week :&160;Swiss , Sentiment Fintechs, Open Data in , , &160;
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  • user 3:35 pm on July 10, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Banken: Mit Instant Payments zurück zu alter Grösse? 

    In den macht sich die Sorge breit, von den Anbietern mobiler und Online-Bezahllösungen, wie Alipay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, WeChat, Amazon und PayPal/Venmo, umgangen zu werden. In der Tat unternehmen die Interkonzerne einige Anstrengungen, um ihre Abhängigkeit von der Zahlungsverkehrinfrastruktur der Banken zu verringern. In China haben sich Alipay und WeChat bereits deutlich von den Banken bzw. von UnionPay emanzipiert und in den USA betreiben Venmo und andere die Separation mit dem Automated Clearing House.

    Die Banken wollen dem schleichenden Bedeutungsverlust in einer ihrer Paradedisziplinen mit sog. Real-Time Plattformen für entgegenwirken. Schlüsselelement ist ISO 20022. Der Bankenverband liefert folgende Definition:

    ISO 20022 wird ebenfalls als UNIFI-Standard (UNIversal Financial Industry message scheme) bezeichnet. Dieser Standard strebt eine weltweite Konvergenz von existierenden und neuen Nachrichtenstandards aus verschiedenen Bereichen des Finanzwesens an. Für die Entwicklung neuer Nachrichten bietet ISO 20022 eine Plattform, die einen einheitlichen Entwicklungs- und Modellierungsprozess von Nachrichten vorgibt. Dies bedeutet, dass Nachrichten in Standardisierungsorganisationen beispielsweise bei SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) entwickelt und unter ISO 20022 als weltweit gültiger Standard verabschiedet werden.

    So weit so gut. Allerdings geben auch Bankenvertreter zu bedenken, dass Real Time Plattformen auf Basis von ISO 20022 nur so gut sein können, wie die Verarbeitungskapazitäten der Banken damit Schritt halten. Denn: Was nützt eine sechsspurige Autobahn ohne Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung, wenn auf ihr nur Kleinwagen mit 50 PS und/oder Schwerlaster unterwegs sind? Was, wenn auf einmal Sportwagen und wendige, verbrauchsarme Mittelklassewagen mit großem Stauraum den Zugang bekommen? Das IBS Journal bringt es in seiner aktuellen Ausgabe auf den Punkt:

    Building a new platform is all well and good but unless bank&;s own is flexible and run inexpensively, while stiff offering a great front-end-consumer experience, then they could still lose out to newcomers and challenger , especially if they have access to the new national real-time infrastructures being built (in: Real-time: platforms for innovation?)

    Um also in den Genuss der Vorteile kommen zu können und dem Schicksal der &;Disintermediation&; zu entgehen, müssen die Banken die technologischen Voraussetzungen zuvor geschaffen haben:

    The service layer should be the battleground for business and volume in the opinion of most regulators and customers, but this can only happen if the infrastructure layer is good enough to compete with the likes of Amazon or Alibaba (ebd.).

    Daneben sind noch weitere Fragen zu beantworten: Was ist zu tun, wenn einige Länder am alten ISO 8583 festhalten, um die Verarbeitung in Echtzeit zu erreichen? Wie kann ein Flickenteppich an Instant-Payments-Lösungen verhindert, zumindest jedoch eingedämmt werden?

    Written by Ralf Keuper

    Featured Image: Hands of Person Shopping in Internet Making Instant Mobile Telephone Payment Transaction via Shutterstock

    The post Banken: Mit Instant Payments zurück zu alter Grösse? appeared first on Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News – FintechNewsCH.

    Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News – FintechNewsCH

     
  • user 12:59 pm on July 10, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    3 Ways Small Banks Can Collaborate With Fintech 

    Its important for each side to understand the other’s business and to see where they can help each other.
    FinTech – Finance Magnates | Financial and business news

     
  • user 12:18 pm on July 9, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Can Facebook Messenger’s Two New Security Features Help Banks? 

    Messenger is increasing its in a bid to be your primary messaging app &; and maybe your primary banking app, too. A limited number of Facebook Messenger&;s more than 900 million users gained access to two new security features today: end-to-end encryption, meaning only the sender and recipient can viewRead More
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  • user 7:36 am on July 9, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Wallet or Smartphone: The FinTech in Front of the FinTech 

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    I’m on line at Starbucks and reach to pay for my Triple Venti Nonfat Latte, only I don’t reach for my wallet, I reach for my . My poor wallet is suffering from some serious neglect these days. It occurred to me that if I didn’t have a weakness for food trucks, I probably wouldn’t use cash at all. The apps on my smartphone are now my proxy for a bank, holding and moving money in one click – the new way to truly “bank on the go.”

    Think of the applications you use on a daily basis. How many of these apps have the power to transfer money? Undoubtedly, more than you realize. The 1.5 million users utilizing the payment app, Venmo, transferred $1.3 billion in funds last quarter alone. As a strong supporter of the Revolution, I understand its magnetism, but it doesn’t take an aficionada to see the technological insurgence has already started.

    Consumers are embracing self-management of their financial resources in ever-greater numbers. This increasing trend means have greater competition for consumer mindshare and, as a result, reduced relevance and potentially reduced income. Individuals value transparency and choice; having their data available in user-friendly tools that can be accessed anywhere is powerful. The problem for the banks is that they aren’t able to provide these same types of tools with the same currency or quality due to lack of resources and slow moving compliance departments. Now, while banks begin to work on their next generation platforms in this hyper-connected age, FinTech apps are gaining ground quickly. For instance, the online payment system, PayPal, has singlehandedly become the new face of banking, holding more consumer money than most major Financial Institutions. The banking industry hasn’t experienced such a profound transformation since 1969, when the ATM first opened.

    As continues to pull us away from big banks society willingly complies, but how can we be sure our money and personal data are secure? Millennials, who represent more than a quarter of the general population, use these payment apps as an alternative to a savings accounts, storing their money for future use, without the fees and restrictions associated with major banks.  However, these apps, often run by a third party software and not on a bank’s federally insured regulated infrastructure, can be risky. When transferring and holding money in a FinTech app, the user takes the risk.  As competition increases and technology advances these apps come and go over night, but what happens if your money is stored in an app that one day disappears? Or if the app temporarily has custody of your funds and you can’t access them? Or if a sender cancels a transaction? Most users do not realize their money is not insured and funds cannot be easily recouped. Also, as financial data becomes more accessible, so does the possibility of security threats. To most, the risk, sometimes unknown, is worth it for faster, more convenient service.

    There is good news – the potential for banks and FinTech apps to work together is endless. Banks can endorse these apps and give them a safe and insured platform to run on. The data behind these apps is also extremely powerful. Using financial data aggregation platforms, like EEI’s Trusted Network™, banks and FinTech apps can partner to perform advanced analytics. Enriched data can be used to determine spending capabilities and therefore help users make educated financial decisions. FinTech Apps aren’t going away, banks will need to be flexible and innovative in their response to consumers, all while learning to share customers’ revenue and profits.  

    As with everything else, we are seeing this paradigm shift with the early adopters, but before long it will be common practice with the laggards as well. All consumers want choice – what car to buy, what brand to wear and even what personal financial management apps to use. What drives choice? Awareness, branding, but most importantly ease of use and convenience. Despite operational and financial risks, the use of FinTech apps has increased. Let’s just hope our cellphone batteries and FinTech companies don’t die before we have a chance to pay the bill! 🙂

    This is part of my FunTech blog series exploring the shift in technology and culture in the financial services industry.


    [linkedinbadge URL=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimieanzelone” connections=”off” mode=”icon” liname=”Jaimie Anzelone”] is Business Manager, Office of the CEO of Enterprise Engineering Inc.

     
  • user 12:59 pm on July 8, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    3 Ways Small Banks Can Collaborate With Fintech 

    Its important for each side to understand the other’s business and to see where they can help each other.
    FinTech – Finance Magnates | Financial and business news

     
  • user 12:18 am on July 7, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    U.S. Bank Removes Fees on Instant P2P Payments 

    U.S. has abruptly reversed course on charging for realtime via the clearXChange network. Effective yesterday, U.S. Bank customers can make realtime P2P payments for free, just like the customers at the five other clearXchange member . As the network grew, U.S. Bank saw the need to offer the service forRead More
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  • user 10:59 am on July 6, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    Balkanisation of Europe’s Finance Hubs – Great for Fintech, Challenge for the Banks 

    It will take a while for the penny to drop for many, but despite a concerted rearguard action from London to protect its position as ‘s pre-eminent finance centre, its position in Europe has already changed forever. Much of the speculation in the aftermath of the Brexit vote has been around who might replace London, which in my opinion is the wrong question, since a more likely result will be the development of many centres rather than one. This is an opportunity for the sector, but a major logistical challenge for the .

    The City of London is gearing up for an almighty effort to try to salvage its position as Europe’s most important finance hub. Central to this effort will be a fight to maintain “passporting” rights, to give allow UK-regulated businesses to carry out regulated business in other European jurisdictions without the need to be regulated directly in each country. It is central to many activities in the finance industry and key to protecting London’s position. It is precisely for this reason that it is inconceivable that the other 27 EU members will accede to retaining passporting rights without freedom of movement and contribution to the EU budget as a minimum. These two issues are red lines for the Brexiteers, so although there will be much talk of optimism that passporting can be retained, the chances are too low for banks to take a chance, and jobs will move in coming years, regardless of what comes out of trade negotiations, which could take years to even get started, according to the EU Trade Commissioner. Whether its 20-30% of jobs or 40-60% of jobs in the banks that move from the UK will depend on the outcome of the negotiations, but regardless of what happens in the long term, you can be sure that committees are being drawn up in all of the banks, decisions are in process and the biggest realignment of finance companies since the introduction of the single market in 1992, and possibly since Big Bang in 1986 is under way.

    This is confirmed, off the record, by a range of banking executives the New York Times spoke to for an article about which finance centre could replace London, but as with all such articles, the conclusion is vague since the answer to where finance will relocate to should really be “all of the above”. Allow me to explain.

    As the NYT article makes clear, many centres have distinct advantages but all have drawbacks, so these banking committees now tasked with re-allocating human resources to Europe will doubtless come up with a committee-style response. Send the trading floor to somewhere high end, the back office somewhere cheap and the middle office somewhere in between. Bets will be spread, which will both make the development of multiple hubs a certainty, as well a real challenge to manage for the banks. Of course, all of the financial centres will pitch for the high end, high value-added departments, rather than the back office, but the mix that each ends up with will depend on its own pros and cons. In addition, all European banks will be under pressure to pull staff back from London to their home market.

    For the fintech community this creates enormous opportunity, since a distributed ecosystem will be dependent on smarter, better ways to do things that creates a natural demand for fintech solutions. In addition, an ecosystem that is more distributed provides opportunities for fintech businesses across Europe, rather than looking solely towards those with a London presence.

    In continental Europe there are some really smart, innovative fintech businesses thriving despite more challenging regulatory environments and despite not being in the pre-eminent European finance hub. With the playing field now being levelled London is going to have to wake up to the fact that it has some serious fintech competition.


    [linkedinbadge URL=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffmiller66″ connections=”off” mode=”icon” liname=”Geoff Miller”] is CEO of Afaafa and this post was originally published on linkedin.

     
  • user 12:18 am on July 6, 2016 Permalink | Reply
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    How Amex Is Going After Banks with Its New SMB Lending 

    American Express is taking a page from Square&;s book and launching an online platform for small business loans of up to $ 750,000 &; but its main target may be . The news came today via Bloomberg, which reported funds could be available as soon as two days loan approval.Read More
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