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Residents without bank accounts at risk of arrears under new benefits system http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2013/dec/02/universal-credit-housing-benefit-banking Universal credit will be paid directly into bank accounts, but a worrying number of social housing residents do not yet have one Monday 2 December 2013 07.59 GMT The government...
05 December 2013 /payments
Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
OK folks. You’ve all been hearing about Bitcoin. Your neighbors have been hearing about Bitcoin. Your dog walker has been hearing about Bitcoin. Now it’s time to separate the wheat from the chaff… Learn how to become a successful Bitcoin thief, and make lots of money in this exciting new cybercrime frontier! This practical guide is intended ONLY
04 December 2013 /payments Information Security
Andrea Donafee Managing Director at Cash Management Solutions
It’s called ‘Cyber Monday’, one of the busiest days shopping days of the year and cards failed. Across the country, parents were left unable to pay for their kids Christmas presents, customers were stranded at petrol stations, shoppers at supermarkets were left embarrassed. Many retailers will have noticed an unanticipated shortfall in sales in th...
03 December 2013 /payments /retail
In what is undoubtedly a positive move for consumer safety, the European Central Bank has issued a set of draft recommendations for mobile banking and payments security. However, while agreed standards in an industry that suffered £40m in online fraud losses last year can only be seen as a good thing, mobile banking doesn’t just need to be robust;...
03 December 2013 /payments
Colin Weir CEO at Moroku
What a fabulous week I have just had in Kenya. Home to many things, it is the current home of mobile money. Ask any Kenyan what mobile money is and how useful it is and you will get a very clear answer. If you asked the same question in the CBD of London or Sydney and you will struggle to get answers as accurate and consistent. There are plenty of...
01 December 2013 /payments
CMSpi is concerned that a decision on the introduction of polymer banknotes in the United Kingdom might be made without a suitable understanding of the costs and benefits of the change. We would like to see a framework which analyses and assesses these before deciding whether or not the fixed costs and operational challenges associated with polymer...
26 November 2013 /payments /regulation
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
Here at Finextra we are all about community and one of our favouite communities is Global Transaction Banking. So, as an end of year treat, we have gathered a group of industry thought leaders to gaze into their collective crystal ball, via a live interactive webcast, to look ahead to what is in store for GTB in 2014. Audience members will be abl...
26 November 2013 /payments Future Finance
From PayPal to Square, Braintree to Bitcoin, the payments business continues to flex and morph like the orange gloop in a lava lamp. Every week, I see at least two hot new technologies promising to radically transform the way we buy and sell. The success of every one of them depends on engagement from consumers, traders and, usually, the financial...
25 November 2013 /payments
Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group
This article was first published on gtnews. Corporate treasurers and their use of treasury management systems Corporate treasurers fully agree they can (and must) count more in their company. The financial crisis - now turned into economic crisis in many European countries - has elevated the corporate treasurer to the status of information steward ...
23 November 2013 /payments Treasury Management
Top five money management tips October 2, 2013 The Payments Council has today published a guide - as part of its Pay Your Way campaign - for people affected or concerned by the introduction of Universal Credit. The guide, which includes information about the changes to the benefits system also clearly detai...
23 November 2013 /payments Private Equity Investing in Financial Technology
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