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Unbanked to drive mobile finance - study

More than 41.5 billion financial transactions will be carried out by mobile phone by the end of 2011 as unbanked consumers adopt the technology to access banking services, according to a study by Juniper Research.

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Mobile commerce growing in the US

Just 3.6% of US mobile subscribers - 9.2 million people - use their phone to pay for goods and services, but around half (49%) expect to do so in future, according to data from Nielson Mobile.

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Industry association to probe exchange clearing

The Futures and Options Association (FOA) is to probe plans by IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and Liffe to establish clearing houses in Europe as part of a larger investigation into the exchange clearing business in the region.

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Wall Street IT budgets holding up

Despite write downs and personnel cuts following the credit crunch, Wall Street firms are continuing to invest in IT - particularly risk technology - and expect budgets to increase next year, according to research released by IBM and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma).

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Sell-side to increase spending on equity analytics - Tabb

With the emphasis on managing risk at an all-time high, spending on equity analytics by global sell-side firms will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of five per cent through to 2012, says a new Tabb Group report.

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Trial of personal carbon trading system launched in UK

A new scheme that utilises the Nectar card loyalty platform to provide customers with real-time calculations of personal energy use and carbon emissions has been launched in the UK.

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Serious Organised Crime Agency warns on cyber gangs

The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has issued a stark warning about the growing number of international crime gangs that are using the Internet to steal and trade confidential personal data.

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Mobile to become 'fourth channel' for retailers - study

Mobile phones are becoming a major purchasing channel for consumers and represent a huge opportunity for e-tailers to capture new revenue, according to research from Cisco Systems.

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Regulators warn on risks to global payments and settlement system

Financial regulators are warning that potential risks to the interconnected global payment and settlement infrastructure are not taken into account in current disaster recovery and crisis management procedures.

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Brits unconvinced by phone-based ID

UK consumers don't feel safe accessing their bank accounts over the phone, with 80% believing there are security gaps in current identity verification methods, according to research conducted by Harris Interactive.

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Facebook users want Web 2.0 banking

New research has found that around half of Facebook users would use Web 2.0 applications for online banking, while a quarter would even consider switching banks to obtain Web 2.0 services.

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UK Web shopping defies economic downturn

Despite the economic downturn, online retail spending by UK consumers rose 35% to £14.7 billion in 2007 and is growing at the fastest rate for six years, according to a report by retail analyst Verdict Research.

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Mobile banking and payment users to reach 900m in 2012

New research shows that combined forecasts for users of contactless mobile payments, mobile banking and over the air (OTA) transactions will reach 884 million in 2012.

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International phishing gang busted

US authorities have charged 38 members of an international criminal gang that allegedly used spam e-mails to steal bank account details and passwords from thousands of customers.

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UK consumers shunning m-payments

Just one per cent of UK adults use their mobile phones to conduct banking, bill payments or shopping transactions, according to research commissioned by IT services firm Unisys which found that a hefty 80% are not even interested in using m-payments services.

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Brits risk card fraud with slack security

Around half of Brits are leaving themselves wide open to credit card and bank account fraud due to slack security practices, according to a survey conducted by UK consumer association Which? Money.

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Banks warned on FX settlement risk

Bank-backed settlement body CLS has responded to a repeated call from the Bank for International Settlements for the industry to do more to crack down on FX settlement risk by outlining new measures and initiatives for eliminating exposures. These include investigating industry support for implementing multiple settlement sessions, which would include the settlement of same day trades.

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UK Payments Council plans end of cheques

The UK's Payments Council has delivered its first national payments plan which includes proposals for the "managed decline" of paper-based cheques and the development of a collaborative "bank account to bank account mobile payment service".

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Japanese fintech spending to rise - study

Spending on technology by Japan's banking sector approached US$14.7 billion in 2007 and will grow at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2% to reach US$18.2 billion by early 2012, according to a study by Boston-based analyst Celent.

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M-banking set to grow in Western Europe - Celent

New research from Celent predicts that adoption of mobile banking is set to increase rapidly in the major markets in Western Europe over the next two years as banks look to take advantage of improvements in technology to provide new services.