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Archive for: May, 2007

Elton Cane - Independent - Brisbane | 25/05/2007 | 3568 views

With SIA-SSB and EBA Clearing putting the final touches on the SEPA Services for STEP2 over the next month, banks are gearing up to begin testing credit transfers from July, with testing windows for direct debits coming later in the year. Giorgio Ferrero, Chairman of EBA CLEARING, says 90 banks have already signed up for Sepa credit transfer testin... Tags: PaymentsGroup: EBAday

Elton Cane - Independent - Brisbane | 11/05/2007 | 2829 views | 1 comment

Predictions for changes in the Finextra50

The constituent companies of the Finextra50 index at its launch this week comprise a momentary snapshot of an industry in a rapid state of flux. If we had conducted the same index compiling exercise just two or three months ago, at least three companies would have appeared that now don't -- Bisys, Corillian and J Harland. And I anticipate that... Tags: Retail banking, Wholesale bankingGroup: Finextra50 fintech index

Elton Cane - Independent - Brisbane | 04/05/2007 | 3301 views

HSBC Australia shoots the messenger

Banks and their customers have very different ideas about what constitutes "sensitive data", and what communication should take place if data security is compromised. And one bank in particular has an interesting approach to managing the media fall-out when such a lapse occurs. Over the past 6 weeks, a journalist at Computerworld Austral... Tags: Security, Retail bankingGroup: Information Security

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