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Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
Identity Theft Speaker Robert Siciliano www.IDTheftSecurity.com Article here; Are You Addicted to Information Insecurity? Ben Rothke writes a great article that ties in addiction and information Insecurity, thats IN-security. Face it, you may be an addict. You might have an addiction to something like sugar, nicotine, alcohol, sex, gambling, add
05 February 2009 /security /retail
Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra
Whatever were they thinking of? Wells Fargo, a recipient of $25 billion of taxpayer bail-out money, has been forced to cancel a lavish all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas for up to 40 employees after facing a torrent of criticism from the public and politicians. Wells' rethink followed an Associated Press report that the company had booked 12 night...
04 February 2009 /retail /wholesale
Gary Wright Analyst at BISS Research
Finding a SWIFT alternative always comes up in any discussion about messaging standards and the direction the finance industry is going. Most professional people in the know agree that SWIFT is a double-edged sword with both good and bad points. On balance the good has outweighed the bad but the gap is narrowing. SWIFT has had some outstanding ach...
04 February 2009 /payments /retail SEPA and European Payments
Retired Member
You couldn’t make it up… Not content with insulting me over their loan offers recently (see previous blogs), my bank has now compounded the insult by mailshotting me with an offer to take out an instant access savings account, at the ‘healthy rate’ of 0.2% (which apparently includes a ‘bonus’ of 0.1%). This raises some interesting points: 1) ...
04 February 2009 /retail Transaction Banking
The Handelsbanken announcement is most welcome. It's interesting how some ideas keep being revisited. I remember, a number of years ago, being involved in a feasibility study for a UK bank that wanted to do something similar. In the end, the technological challenges were too great at that time (and more important things pushed it down the prior...
04 February 2009 /retail Online Banking
Matt White North America editor at Finextra
The US Department of Justice has taken a breather from chasing the bad guys to go phishing. According to the AP, the department sent out an e-mail to its own staff purporting to be from the "Thrift Savings Plan Account Coordinator" directing them to a Web site asking for account information. The more security conscious recipients smelled...
03 February 2009 /security /retail
Kumar Jm Business Consultant at Indian Fortune 500
a) Core Banking Introduction In a nutshell a core banking system is a centralized self contained system that shall have the benefits of performing multiple transaction activities coupled with scalability and performance sturdiness to name a few benefits. The market is currently dominated by more than 30 players who together offer about 50 pro...
30 January 2009 /retail /wholesale
Atso Andersen Head of Corporate Relations at Aalto University
Is this crisis the end of social lending? Yes and no. Majority of the social lending services which have been shut down (Prosper and Zopa US, to name the famous ones) were actually more like traditional banks presenting themselves as new kind of financial institutions. Prosper was a bank with a core idea to securitize loans. Zopa US facilitated th...
29 January 2009 /payments /retail
The UK's Faster Payments service has taken a critical panning from the BBC. The Corporation's MoneyBox programme claims the system is in "disarray", as banks implement the technology in a disjointed patchwork fashion. Northern Rock, Citibank and Abbey have not started to make same-day payments. The Association for Payments and Clearing ...
26 January 2009 /payments /retail
Richard Barr Principal Associate at Citadel Advantage Ltd.
We hardly ever question the benefits of STP. And for the most part, STP is really a smart move. It saves on errors, manpower, time and increases profits. What's there not to like about it? Well, you already know that's a trick question on my part because I'm going to answer it myself. STP can become a liability rather than an asset when we become t...
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