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Many companies rely heavily on hedging – which may be defined as the process of using financial instruments to reduce or eliminate the risks resulting from fluctuations in the market price of credit, foreign exchange, or commodities impacting on their cash flow, profits or corporate value. Interest rate swaps, for example, are commonly used to he...
19 November 2009 /regulation
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
After the Vegas DEFCON ATM debacle where hackers hacked hackers by setting up a fake ATM in front of the facilities security office, I needed to see how stupid easy it was to buy and ATM and just set it up anywhere. So my search began. I started looking on e-bay and found plenty of new and used ATMs ranging from $500-2500 but quickly determined I d...
18 November 2009 /security /regulation
The latest monthly statistics show the number of new identity fraud cases reported to CPP stands at its highest level since we started selling the insurance product back in November 2004. In October, our resolution team took onboard 250 brand new cases of identity fraud and is currently working with those individuals to clear their names and rebuil...
17 November 2009 /security /regulation Online Banking
I’ve been getting the same “direct message” from several of my Twitter followers. Apparently, their accounts have been hacked, because it’s a phishing message that says, “ROFL this you?” and contains a shortened URL. The link leads to a page that resembles Twitter’s log in page. The web address is /videos.twitter.zoltykatalogfirm/. Don’t go there. ...
16 November 2009 /security /regulation
Cedric Pariente Stanford Certified Project Manager at EFFI Consultants
What would you do if you could make millions with a 1 shot investment on 2010? Well, I'm going to tell you what you should do... WAKE UP!!! Investing is not for everyone. There is no free lunch. There are several rules to follow if you don't want to end up like a drunk guy after a crazy night gambling at the casino. If you don't know the rules, you...
15 November 2009 /regulation Online Banking
Anti-virus protection, critical security patches and a secure wireless connection have always been essential processes on my networks. My main concern has always been to protect my bank account by keeping the bad guy out. In my presentations, I’ve always stressed the importance of making sure your wireless connection is secured, to prevent skeevy s...
14 November 2009 /security /regulation
From a fintech point of view, on this Black Friday the 13th, let us all check if "Iwantoneofthose.com" has a USB device to fly a flag at half mast in honor of the Madoff programmers, Jerome O'Hara and George Perez. Madoff is in jail, his right hand man awaiting sentencing, his auditor and many (probably not enough) of his middlemen and
13 November 2009 /security /regulation
I went along to the Forum on News Analytics over in Canary Wharf on Monday evening, organised by Professor Gautam Mitra from OptiRisk / Carisma at Brunel University. I guess we are in the early days of transforming news articles into quantifiable/machine-readable data so that it can be processed automatically/systematically in trading and risk m...
13 November 2009 /regulation Data Management 101
Years ago (like 20) a friend was graduating from college and moving away and a bunch of friends were throwing a party for this person. Collectively they asked me if I’d write a small speech as a version of “This is your life”. Stymied as to why they would ask me to do it I asked ”Why me?” My girlfriend at the time said, and I quote “Because you g...
12 November 2009 /security /regulation
Keith Appleyard IT Consultant at available for hire
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Rural Payments Agency’s Single Payment Scheme uses a £350 million IT system to pay farmers the right amount in EU subsidies. But the National Audit Office said in a recent report that the agency’s systems are "very expensive", "cumbersome", "difficult to change t...
10 November 2009 /payments /regulation Whatever...
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