Lyddon Consulting
Lyddon Consulting is the trading-as identity of Bob Lyddon, a specialist consultant in international banking. Up until March 2022 the business was run through a limited liability company. Bob’s focus is Payments and Cash Management. That leads on to market change aspects such as the Euro, Single Euro Payments Area, FinTechs, ISO20022 XML and new payment mechanisms.
It also leads into the regulatory domain and measures such as Payment Services Directive, Anti-Money Laundering Directives, and regulations around cards, mobile, eMoney and mandatory information in funds transfers.
At Lyddon Consulting you will find find both methodologies and training packages to meet your needs and support your change programmes.
Richard Tice of Reform UK is wrong: the Bank of England should not stop paying interest on financial institutions’ reserves
Andy Burnham’s hopes dealt a body blow
Published on 26th September 2025
My letter published in the Daily Telegraph on 25th September 2025
That’s it: Andy Burnham’s chances of becoming Prime Minister are dead-in-the-water, thanks to this devastating verdict passed by a leading economic […]
France’s woes are attributable to its lack of economic and monetary sovereignty
The ECB, which holds the monetary policy tools over the euro
Published on 13th September 2025
Introduction
France had its credit rating cut from AA- to A+ by the Fitch credit rating agency on 12th September 2025. This […]
Brexit will have saved us £100 billion towards the EU Budget for the period 2028-35
Headline in the Daily Express version
Published on 20 July 2025
Introduction
The European Commission has started the ball rolling on the setting of the EU Budget for its next seven-year period 2028-35, the so-called Multiannual Financial Framework […]
Conservative Party does not know what being in opposition means
Email recieved from Conservative Party on 26th June 2025
Published on 26th June 2025
The Conservative Party does not know what being in opposition means.
This is the conclusion to be drawn from the above email, sent by […]
‘Borrowing for investment’ – all the signs point to a debt-funded disaster
Picture from Global Britain blog
Published on 28th May 2025
This is the full version of the fourth paper in my Global Britain series on the UK’s public finances, entitled ‘Borrowing for investment’ – what signs we […]
Labour’s ‘Borrowing for investment’ – think New Labour’s ‘Private Finance Initiative’ and InvestEU
Picture from Global Britain blog
Published on 28th May 2025
This is the full version of the third paper in my Global Britain series on the UK’s public finances, entitled ‘‘Borrowing for investment’ – what is meant […]
The UK government’s day-to-costs are out of control, and no Spending Review is going to get them back on target
Picture from Global Britain blog
Published on 28th May 2025
This is the full version of the second paper in my Global Britain series on the UK’s public finances, entitled ‘The UK government’s budget for ‘day-to-day’ costs […]
Starmer and Reeves want to spend and borrow more, and to keep the increase in both under wraps
Picture from Global Britain blog
Published on 28th May 2025
This is the full version of the first paper in my Global Britain series on the UK’s public finances, entitled ‘The structure of the UK’s public finances […]
