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Over half of small and medium sized businesses in the US have been hit by payments fraud in the last year and banks are failing to proactively intervene to stop attacks, according to research from Guardian Analytics and Ponemon Institute.
04 April 2011
With business returning to normal following a tough couple of years, the UK's financial services sector is planning for a new round of spending on technology, according to a survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Developing corporate mobile banking services is a major priority for financial services providers, according to a survey from Fundtech.
30 March 2011
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is calling for the country's payments industry players to coordinate on system-wide innovation.
29 March 2011
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.
28 March 2011
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.
25 March 2011
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.
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.
23 March 2011
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.
16 March 2011
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.
10 March 2011
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.
09 March 2011
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.
24 February 2011
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.
16 February 2011
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.
08 February 2011
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).
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.
04 February 2011
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.
28 January 2011
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.
27 January 2011
High-frequency trading accounts for over three quarters of transactions in the UK equity market, according to research from Tabb Group.
24 January 2011
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
18 January 2011
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