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Retired Member
It is commonly accepted that criminals react very quickly to newly-introduced security measures. Perhaps it is not surprising that as new fraud prevention technologies such as Chip and PIN and two-factor authentication have become the norm, fraudsters are already moving to the next perceived loophole - direct debits. Typically this is, as discusse...
25 November 2010 /payments
My kids have the day off today, and they each invited a friend over to "hang out" (we dare not call it a "playdate" anymore). Eventually the question of lunch arose. The question was not so much what to have (it would be pizza), but where to get it. In all there are around 8 different pizza brands that deliver to my neighborho...
24 November 2010 /payments Finance 2.0
Felitas Aguilar Global Account Manager at Dovetail Systems Ltd
It is good news that credit cards are the most popular payment method in German e-commerce for the first time. It’s also interesting that 2010 has seen a significant growth in the number of credit cards being issued in Germany with organisations such as Deutcshe Bahn and others starting to co-brand credit cards again. For example, LandesBank Baden...
24 November 2010 /payments
Nick Ogden Chairman at Ogden Research
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta recent report on the risks of mobile payment transfers, highlights the numerous security issues that must be addressed in order for widespread adoption in developed economies. Mobile payments require a whole new approach to security and this will require an unprecedented degree of cooperation between the telec...
24 November 2010 /security /payments
With so many banking delivery options, channel innovation should have run out of steam or new ideas. But it’s amazing that its run is still sustaining, fuelled by new technology, consumer evolution and other market forces. What is the secret behind the success of banking technology and innovation? Simply that it passes the acid test of consumer ac...
24 November 2010 /payments /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Following recent news that more than two-thirds of companies have been hit by data breaches over the past year, the report featured in Computer Weekly is an interesting, if not alarming, confirmation that fraud is on the rise. Although person-present payments have improved security measures due to developments in global security standards like PCI...
23 November 2010 /security /payments Information Security
“Payments Rails" across the world were created on need basis, so specifically not considering the existing / proposed rails in parallel payment business and market. This was rational till a point where the boundaries between parallel payment methods were definable, discrete and distinguishable. Market is into a natural convergence track. Reve...
22 November 2010 /payments /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
Whenever a new technology hype cycle starts, there is a stampede of major vendors all vying to be seen as the “hype leader”. The latest hype cycle to affect the IT industry is cloud based computing. Article after article hails the cloud as a new phenomenon. In the more restrained world of the SWIFT Service Bureau, things are more serious – especi...
18 November 2010 /payments SWIFT Matters
I have had a busy summer as having moved to the New York area with my family. Whilst we had to do a lot of preparation with going to the US embassy etc for visas, the move finally became "real" for me when all of the furniture in our house was removed for shipping to the US, and we ended up effectively camping in our own home for a few w...
18 November 2010 /payments /regulation Data Management 101
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
I just got a message from Finextra stating that the 1/4 million milestone has been passed (in two years). I am very grateful to all who have taken the trouble to view posts and to Finextra for bringing us together. My mission is to further development in the networked economy - contribute to new concepts, standards, collaboration, competition, tran...
18 November 2010 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
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