9 Sept. 2010 14:00-15:15 BST (09:00 – 10:15 EDT)

Clearly innovation is a priority for banks, driven by rapid developments in technology, changing customer behaviour and the need to acquire new customers, increase revenues and cut costs. Innovation takes effort, an ability to play politics, and an almost unhealthy level of tenacity.

15 June 2010 10:30-11:45 BST (11:30-12:45 CET)

At a time of economic instability, European banks are being asked to make big changes with regards to payments in their drive to full SEPA compliancy, based on the Payments Services Directive. This represents a major challenge and opportunity to both banks and their customers.

Luxembourg 26 – 27 May

Payments professionals from across Europe will gather in Luxembourg for two days of networking and debate at the fifth annual EBAday forum, organised by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra Research.

12 May 2010 14:00 – 15:15 BST

The general rule of thumb is that one millisecond reduction in latency is worth $100 million a year to a brokerage firm. When it comes to algorithmic trading there is no question that most banks take reduction in latency very seriously. Webcast sponsored by IBM, Finextra and supported by the FISD.

14:30 - 15.45 BST 28 April, 2010

Online banking, mobile banking, social networking and digital money - while most of the past year has been taken up with discussing the activities of investment banks, innovations in retail banking have been redefining customer relations and client management.

11:00 – 12:15 CET 29 January 2010

The Payments Services Directive has arrived. Outside of compliance, is industry also considering the market opportunities that may result from the PSD? Finextra and Western Union surveyed payment professionals at European banks in order to gage the conventional wisdom surrounding the PSD and the European Union. We are offering a free and live webcast in order to examine and debate these findings. All those who register for the webcast will get a free copy of the research, The PSD – Threat or Opportunity?

Fragmentation has accelerated in the in the last two years from RegNMS and the launch of the Markets in Financial Services Directive (Mifid), the industry is dealing with the evolving challenge of liquidity fragmentation that has resulted from business, IT and regulatory challenges.

14:00 – 15:00 GMT 1 December 2009

The current economic climate has brought many IT and infrastructure projects to a standstill. However, the need for robust and resilient communications to support growing requirements for access to increasingly fragmented markets has not lessened just because there are less monetary resources available. Because of this, Finextra and BT are offering a free, live webcast debate that will discuss the factors CIOs need to take on board when determining the total cost of ownership of different communications approaches.

14:30 – 15:45 GMT 10 November 2009

Banks are now developing single-dealer portals in order to outrun the competition. These portals offer clients a more personalised and holistic investment experience. In order to examine the development of single-dealer portals Finextra and Caplin Systems are offering a free, live webcast that will look at how the financial services industry is leveraging RIA technologies and creating a more full service customer experience. Register now to hear and ask questions of Societe Generale, Unicredit and Caplin, among others.

Finextra@Sibos is a purpose-built information resource for Sibos 2009 in Hong Kong. Breaking news, photos and videos from the Finextra team are complemented by user-generated content from delegates on the conference floor, including blogs, comments and delegate photos. Finextra@Sibos news is integrated into the MySibos home page and is available via the MySibos web site and messaging pods thought the exhibition space and directly over the internet.

10:30 – 11:30 CET 14 September 2009

Didn’t attend Sibos? No worries. Register to view this video webcast highlighting the trends and topics recorded direct from Sibos-Hong Kong. Brought to you by Finextra, Fundtech and Microsoft, PaymentsLIVE! from Sibos, is a complimentary 60 minute webcast featuring a panel of industry leaders, from Barclays, Citi, Bank of America, Celent, Fundtech and Microsoft, who engage in a spirited discussion on the global and regional challenges facing the Transaction Banking industry today.

14:00 -15:15 BST 10 September 2009

Join us for a lively and interactive webcast featuring industry leaders discussing how day-to-day risk management is coping with increases in regulation. Hear from and ask questions of representatives from Financial Insights, the International Centre for Financial Regulation, Charity Bank and Marsh.

14:00 – 15:15 BST Monday 27 July 2009

Top sell-side firms are now offering enhanced trading tools through channel innovations in communication, interface design and data visualisation to their institutional clients. Increasingly, the ‘killer app’ for investment tools lies in ever more ambitious developments in rich internet applications (RIAs).