Do you need help in things #analytics and #data? If you do, talk to my very good friend and colleague of days past Mykhaylo Salnykov. lnkd.in/eG9Rpx8Y

Liquidity makes the banking world go round. Or not, as we now know after shocks from Silicon Valley to Zurich. Some timely notes from the good folks at the Bank for International Settlements – BIS. Here's my take: The TLDR is simp…lnkd.in/dDHKdec2 lnkd.in/dcsx2sCQ

Tomorrow's world of #payments . Here is the Swiss view, from the SNB, the Swiss National Bank. Here is what I see here and what I don't: 1. Good that the SNB sees we need both central and commercial bank money. The former is descr…lnkd.in/dXcPUW-u lnkd.in/dYJM-kzJ

Liquidity matters. We need to be able to move it through our financial market infrastructure so we can settle stuff. In this podcast, I had the chance to talk banking plumbing with the really wonderful Kene Ezeji-Okoye. Even if you don't just assume mone…lnkd.in/dzJZxrem

#liquidity . I am not the only one! Thank goodness others are interested, including the wonderful Dr Efi Pylarinou. In a first, Efi has a unique approach to a Podcast, Efi's notes let you cherry-pick bits you are interested in. I hope you find the comments helpf…lnkd.in/eHuqkNnb

To #cbdc or not to CBDC? "Not" says the EU parliament, well nearly. Here is my take: 1. Geopolitics. This is one argument I would give for retail CBDC. You do it to be in charge of the tech stack. Legit argument. So, the directive…lnkd.in/eeDb_U7T lnkd.in/eUkgmc2y

Banking basics really matter. Reconciliation. Has all the appeal of homework, weeding the garden, or cleaning the house; a few like it, many don't, but it has to be done. Properly. Here is a shocker from the buy-side about falling over on the basics. Is t…lnkd.in/eDsAdKE3

Risk-free. No such thing. With all the fallout from things SVB & Credit Suisse, and the clamour for new payment systems, here are a few nuggets on what we all need to be paying attention to. The financial sector at its core has the role of efficiently m…lnkd.in/eFYFG4cx

Settlement risk. Not new. A basic thing and one we have a lot of. Recent guidance from the European Central Bank is worth reading. Here are a few thoughts from the Bankers' Plumber: 1. We know that PvP is a safe, no-risk way to settle. I was staggered wh…lnkd.in/eEq99qUw

Liquidity. A vital thing. Would you like to learn more about how to manage it? I will am teaching a course run by Risk.net ‘Managing intraday liquidity risk’ course on July 17–19, 2023. I'll be: 1. Explaining the discipline of real-time l…lnkd.in/eQRc7irT

Are you at Money 20/20? Lookout for Dennis. He is doing some work for an emerging FinTech brand with ambitions in the payments, FX and card space. And if you are a transaction banker offering correspondent banking services, he’ll buy you a coffee! lnkd.in/ezAWX_wP

What's going on and going to go in the economy? Reading the tea leaves is an art. This short post from CIIM The Compound Interest Investment Management AG's Stefan Riesen gives a solid view of where things might be heading. Stefan has been telling me for…lnkd.in/eKjUBfNQ

Interoperability. This is what will make DLT solutions useful. Great to see @R3 deliver this capability. Here's my thinking. What do you think? Interop is 1. Programmability. The essential ingredient in tomorrow's financial market…lnkd.in/ecup7dcv lnkd.in/eh-Dt7-2

Where are my assets? Well, in custody with your bank of course. Or not quite, in many #crytpo cases. I'd like to inspire you to think about custody for a couple of minutes and to share your thoughts. Today there is at least one section of Credit Suisse…lnkd.in/eEmv5e4N

Where did it all go wrong at #SVB, #creditsuisse and co.? Some useful reflections from the Chair of the ECB's Supervisory Board. It's a quick read, but for those in a hurry here's a precis: 1. Governance. Banks’ internal governance is often poor. Eithe…lnkd.in/eezbkJHz

What is normal in your business? As I prepare to teach a course on Intra-day liquidity management, this test is top of mind. And, with summer upon us, this is a good time for reading amusing stories. Why focus on "normal"? Simples. It is the single most…lnkd.in/eh7xMxHs

It's money that matters. Well actually the means of payment. A great bit of work from the folks at the Bank for International Settlements – BIS. It's a long read, but worth it. I have a different view on one of the points. Here's my precis. I agree - the…lnkd.in/ex9CF87F

Let's be ambitious on things payments. Insghtful thought from RTGS.global's Marcus Treacher. Change is often hindered by what is MAYA - most advanced yet acceptable. Or in the vernacular: "nobody ever got shot for being IBM or shot for not buy…lnkd.in/eqFKNPV8

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