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Retired Member
A trip to Paris is always a gastronomic experience and the opening of the Cartes trade show today was no different. On the night before the event opened, Google unveiled ‘Gingerbread’ - the latest version of the Android operating system, with NFC technology being one of the headline features. As ever, Google is leading the drive to encourage mass ...
08 December 2010 /retail
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
In the late 80s there was a big growth boom in Finland - fuelled ao by ending tax break on profits on selling enterprises and strong credit expansion when the savings banks (inexperienced corporate lenders) were deregulated and started to aggressively push into foreign currency lending. All this new liquidity tried to find safe havens - stock pric...
07 December 2010 /retail /wholesale Whatever...
Tim Tyler Product Manager at Misys
I've been considering how banks can leverage social media sites recently, and was not that surprised when looking further that there is very little 'bank' presence in these areas. Having just read the article on LloydsTSB and the launch of their "create an avatar" contest, I thought I'd jump straight back over to their Facebook page to se...
06 December 2010 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
Legend has it that the credit card was invented in the 'fifties when one Mr. Frank McNamara had forgotten his wallet at home and had no cash to pay for a party he'd thrown for his important customers at a restaurant. Being a senator, he had enough clout to survive the incident but decided to do something so that neither he nor anyone else should
03 December 2010 /retail
Alex Noble Account Director at McAfee
An interesting story last month on Silicon.com, that the UK Department of Work & Pensions has abandoned its trials of voice biometrics as an anti-fraud tool.This is not a snap decision, as Silicon.com reports that the DWP has spent at least £2.4m on trials since May 2007. This is one of the largest payment organisation’s in the UK, so its dec...
02 December 2010 /security /retail
During one of my client meetings, we were discussing social media with someone responsible for channels technology. Now this bank works in an diverse set of countries and a varying degree of client profile. Now coming to the question of social media - What do the banks think of Social Media? Are you happy that you got a fan page of couple of thous...
02 December 2010 /retail
Is there a chance that Apple will push the use of iTunes as a payment mechanism beyond its own virtual store (imagine shopping on Amazon and paying using your iTunes account)? Will Google look to launch Google Checkout in the physical world, in the same way as PayPal have announced (by way of VeriFone)? Is there any substance behind the threat t
01 December 2010 /payments /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Since the financial world reeled in shock at that collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent fallout in the World’s financial markets the banking community has been in a mode of self preservation. Rather than lending, which generates one of the age-old assets of the banking world, banks have sought ways to preserve and protect their capital. ...
01 December 2010 /retail /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
With information being available at will, the world is one’s oyster. For banks, the democratisation of information represents an opportunity to stay abreast of the world’s latest developments and absorb its best practices more easily. This is also positive from the customers’ point of view. Over the years, cross-industry learning has improved many...
30 November 2010 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
David Divitt Senior Fraud Product Manager at VocaLink
According to Kelkoo - the online retail comparison website - and Visa Europe, Monday 29 November is the busiest online shopping day of the year. Visa Europe expects 3.8m purchases worth £265m to be made using Visa cards and Kelkoo says that online shoppers are expected to spend £537m on Christmas gifts today. These numbers demonstrate just how i...
29 November 2010 /regulation /retail
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