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Mobile corporate banking moves up the agenda

Developing corporate mobile banking services is a major priority for financial services providers, according to a survey from Fundtech.

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RBA calls for Australian payments innovation

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is calling for the country's payments industry players to coordinate on system-wide innovation.

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Fed banks map out mobile payments path

The success of mobile payments in the US depends on an open, interoperable infrastructure based on near field communications technology, according to a paper published by the Atlanta and Boston Federal Reserve Banks.

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American banks need mobile to attract Gen Y - Javelin

Nearly a third of America's 'generation y' have used mobile banking over the last three months and many are prepared to switch providers to get it, according to Javelin Strategy & Research.

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Americans warming to mobile financial services - comScore

Nearly 30 million Americans accessed financial services accounts through their mobile phones in the fourth quarter of 2010, a 54% rise on the same period the previous year, according to comScore.

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Aussie traders turning to social media - survey

Australian retail traders are turning to social media resources such as Twitter and Facebook to help them make investment decisions, according to a survey from CMC Markets.

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Bank software testing putting customer data at risk - Informatica

UK banks are putting customer data at risk by using it during software development and testing without proper safeguards, according to a study commissioned by vendor Informatica.

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Rise of e-commerce changing Brits' Christmas shopping habits

With UK consumers increasingly going online to do their Christmas shopping they are also spending earlier, shifting from last-minute December buying to November, according to the Payments Council.

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Lack of standards hindering European e-invoicing take up - survey

Over a third of big businesses in Europe are shying away from electronic invoicing because of a perceived complexity and lack of standards, according to a survey commissioned by vendor Iron Mountain.

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Widespread NFC adoption still two years away - industry survey

Widespread adoption of contactless mobile payments is still at least two years away thanks to poor coordination between industry players, according to a survey from vendor Sybase 365.

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Retail banks still resisting social media - Ovum

Despite the hype, nearly two thirds of the world's retail banks have no plans in place to use social media in any way, according to research from Ovum.

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US identity fraud plummets - Javelin

The number of American identity fraud victims dropped by 28% to 8.1 million in 2010 with total losses also down $19 billion on the previous year, according to an annual report from Javelin Strategy & Research.

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Banks must retool payments businesses as revenues dip - BCG

Global payments revenues - which typically constitute a third to a half of most banks' total revenues - fell at a compound annual rate of seven per cent from the end of 2008 through 2010, according to figures from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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European exchanges up their game in face of dark pool competition - ITG

European stock exchanges have become more efficient and slashed the cost of trading over the last year as they bid to fight off growing competition from a rash of post-MiFID dark pool and MTF competitors, according to research from ITG.

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Contactless iPhone: Hype or harbinger of things to come?

With the hype building ahead of Apple's widely expected step into contactless payments through the upcoming iPhone 5, IDC Financial Insights analyst Aaron McPherson has moved to dampen over-excited expectations.

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UK financial services industry loses £3.6bn a year to fraud - NFA

The financial services industry loses around £3.6 billion a year to fraudsters, around 10% of the entire fraud cost to the UK economy, according to a government organisation.

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HFT makes up 77% of UK market - Tabb

High-frequency trading accounts for over three quarters of transactions in the UK equity market, according to research from Tabb Group.

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Better cooperation between branch and online is top priority for European banks

Improving cooperation between branch, Internet and call centre channels is the top strategic priority for nearly half of Europe's retail banks in 2011, according to a report from Efma and Finalta

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US organisations upbeat on PCI compliance

US organisations are broadly positive about the value of PCI compliance, with 70% arguing that they are more secure than they would be if the requirements were not in place, according to a Cisco-commissioned survey.

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American cash usage on the wane - Aite

US consumers' use of notes and coins is set to fall by around 17% by 2015 but the cashless society is still a long way off, according to research from Aite.