4229 Results from /regulation
Sriram Natarajan Risk Dog at Credit Risk Fraud Cards Professional
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a non-profit organisation involved in the fight against ID theft, has released the 2007 'ID Theft Aftermath' report. This report outlines the 'human' side of ID theft - what effect does ID theft have on victims and their responses and feelings. The report covers victims in the US and hence represents the ...
05 June 2008 /security /regulation
Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
Web 2.0 and banking seems like an interesting mix. This article (https://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=18544) actually mentions several loosely coupled items related to this: Providing online banking services through widgets in web 2.0 sites such as Facebook, Myspace and others.Integrating web 2.0 functionalities such as wikis and blogs into ...
04 June 2008 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
Retired Member
There are some lovely little new systems which have well and truly taken that into account. In fact it has to be the foundation of any architecture. Robust, proven '5 nines' technology and equipment and decentralised. At the end ot the day...when you settle - so long as you can. So long as you can see what your exposure is you're ok. Of course it...
04 June 2008 /regulation Information Security
Keith Appleyard IT Consultant at available for hire
Full story available at http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/30/230883/password-sharing-leaves-nhs-audit-trail-in-tatters.htm Investigators have been unable to trace a doctor involved a medical blunder that ended in a patient's death because staff in a Devon hospital had been sharing passwords. The doctor whose password was being used w...
02 June 2008 /security /regulation Whatever...
Dear online fraudsters, I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that Christmas comes early this year: on May 27th the UK banking industry launched the much anticipated Faster Payment scheme, in which inter-bank money transfers are instantaneous. Let me actually re-phrase: that's great news for you. I bet you're all excited abo...
30 May 2008 /security /regulation Online Banking
I came across a new Index of Fear - the Unisys Security Index. See here - http://www.unisyssecurityindex.com/ This security index outlines the 'fear levels' of various countries on four areas of security: National security - security and epidemics Financial security - bankcard fraud and ability to meet personal financial obligations Internet secu...
28 May 2008 /security /regulation
e-portals has developed a new product called "Exposure Alert" for tracking exposure and risk at the desktop level using gadget technology. It is the IPR for the use of this product in the Wealth Management arena that Third Financial has purchased.
07 May 2008 /regulation
Much of western Sydney (Australia) was without telephone and internet last weekend and the reasons have come to light. In an attempt to take out the EFTPOS network to carry out fraudulent manual transactions, criminals cut the wires to what they thought was a suburban Westfield shopping centre, unwittingly cutting internet and landline phones for...
07 May 2008 /payments /regulation Whatever...
There have been a few different conversations stemming from the publication of the EC’s report on “Fraud regarding non cash means of payments in the EU”, but none so far seem to address the fact that the report lacks any kind of concrete recommendations. The EC is missing the opportunity to advocate stronger fraud counter-measures, despite the con...
06 May 2008 /regulation
Gary Wright Analyst at BISS Research
The speculation that DTCC are in talks with LCH Clearnet, with a merger as a possible result must be music to the ears of everyone in the securities market. The consolidation of Clearing on this scale will be creating a mammoth opportunity for the markets to finally start the walk towards industry wide STP in the international cross border busines...
30 April 2008 /regulation Operational Risk Management
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