by Robert Tripp | Apr 5, 2020 | Articles, Gateways to the Banking Industry
This paper is the executive summary of a response to the March 2020 discussion paper from the Bank of England[1] on a possible approach to the introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). It is not sponsored by anybody; it is purely a personal opinion and...
by Robert Tripp | Aug 30, 2019 | Articles
In the accompanying article “Banking Operations Strategies and Technologies – 15 Years on” we reviewed how our last guess at how these subjects evolved versus the predictions at the time. We got enough things right to provoke us into having another go. We have...
by Robert Tripp | Aug 30, 2019 | Articles
Sixteen years ago HBW wrote a number of articles on strategies for different parts of the Banking Framework. This article takes a review of what was said in the article Banking Operations Strategies and Technologies and links to an updated view of where the industry...
by Robert Tripp | Jul 3, 2019 | Articles
In 2018 the UK developed a new way of handling cheques based on cheque image processing. This change has been called ICS (Image Clearing Systems) and previously FCM (Future Clearing Model). Whatever it is called, from end 2019 it will be the way cheques are cleared...
by Robert Tripp | Jul 3, 2019 | Articles
This article is an extension of the article (Post 2019 UK Cheque Clearing Process) which explains how cheque clearing works in the UK from the end of 2019. It expands description in the other article by exploring how small Banks and Building Societies participate in...