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European BlackBerry and iPhone users are nearly three times more likely to use mobile banking services than the owners of other handsets, according to research from Forrester.
27 April 2010
Nearly half of Americans that bank online are interested in using electronic person-to-person payments, according to research sponsored by Fis, PayPal and Nacha.
26 April 2010
The majority of compliance and payments industry executives believe the new Swift cover payments rule MT202 COV has raised the standard of sanctions compliance but many also credit it with increased workloads and costs, according to surveys from Dow Jones.
22 April 2010
The slew of new technologically savvy outfits hoping to break into the British banking market face a daunting task, with the six big lenders actually emerging from the credit crunch stronger than ever, according to the banks team at Citi.
21 April 2010
Mobile banking take-up in India is set to soar over the next two years thanks to relaxed regulations and improved technology but providers need to ensure they tailor their offerings to the different needs of urban and rural customers, according to research from Celent.
16 April 2010
Just a quarter of US community banks currently offer mobile services but this is set to increase sharply over the next 18 months, according to a survey from Banc Investment Group.
15 April 2010
Cash has seen its position as king of payments challenged in the UK over the last 10 years by alternatives such as debit and contactless cards and the Internet, says the Payments Council, which predicts the trend will continue, leaving notes and coins all but redundant by 2050.
14 April 2010
With the OTC derivatives market coming under increasing regulatory scrutiny, firms are looking to technology to help them improve transparency and efficiency, according to research conducted by TowerGroup for vendor SunGard.
13 April 2010
European ATM-related fraud losses fell from EUR485 million in 2008 to EUR312 million last year, a 36% drop, despite a rise in attacks, according to figures from industry group East.
08 April 2010
With around 10% of US fraud victims having their details used to make withdrawals at ATMs, banks need to beef up their machines' security, according to a report from Javelin Strategy & Research.
07 April 2010
In a tentative sign of economic recovery, demand for permanent IT staff at financial services firms has started to outstrip the call for contractors in the early months of 2010, according to recruitment outfit McGregor Boyall.
01 April 2010
Brits are increasingly turning away from professional advice on financial products in favour of comparison Web sites, according to a tracking study from YouGov.
12 March 2010
Hishaam Caramanli (formerly Mufti-Bey) has joined UBS as head of Global Securities - Client Facing Technology
Fraud losses on UK cards tumbled by more than a quarter - to £440 million - last year, the first fall since 2006, according to figures from the UK Cards Association.
10 March 2010
The vast majority of UK firms have yet to be certified as PCI DSS compliant with a third unsure if they will meet an upcoming September deadline, according to research commissioned by vendor Tripwire.
05 March 2010
Outsourcing data to vendors and other third parties is one of the main causes of data breaches at financial institutions, according to research conducted by the Ponemon Institute for vendor Compuware.
02 March 2010
The proliferation of fragmented IT and data platforms contributed to the financial crisis, according to research looking at data management strategies from Thomson Reuters and Lepus, a London-based independent research consultancy.
The credit crisis and rise of electronic trading have led to a fundamental shift in the global foreign exchange market towards risk mitigation over the last couple of years, according to research from CME Group.
22 February 2010
With half of Brits using online tools to help them make financial decisions, banks need to wake up to the value of social media, according to Datamonitor.
19 February 2010
The number of people around the world using mobile banking services is doubling every year and will reach 250 million subscribers by 2015, according to ABI Research.
17 February 2010
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