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Data Security breach, data security breach... and Juniper

What’s wrong with these people? Is it because mathematics has been dropped from the engineering syllabus at universities, or is it because everyone employs the same incompetent security people to do the architecture of their security system? Making the whole thing bulletproof is easy, and I’ll explain how it’s done – if only to show how little unde...

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Collections in Financial Services: The Self-Service Revolution

Consumer demand, the adoption of new payment methods, competition, regulation, digital transformation and security are powering the self-service revolution in banking. This well-publicised transformation is fuelling something interesting under the surface – the collections process. The customer journey in banking is potentially one of the longest i...

/payments /retail

Kirsty Berry

Kirsty Berry Head of Product Marketing & Market Analytics at Compass Plus

Has the adoption of contactless really spurred the UK to spend more on cards?

Contactless bank cards really started to take off in the UK in 2014, with banks issuing more contactless-enabled cards than ever before and more merchants installing networks that could accept them. 2014 saw transactions totalling £2.32 billion made on the cards, a 255% increase compared to 2013. Step into 2015 and more than £2.6 billion was spent...

/payments /retail

Ben O'Brien

Ben O'Brien Managing Director at Jaywing

7 banking trends to watch in 2016

In 2015, we have seen increased regulatory scrutiny as supervisory bodies look to reform the banking industry and a new culture of supervision and best practice continues to be set by the Bank of England. The aim of this increased crackdown is to support resilience of individual institutions and the system as a whole. Over the course of 2015, we’v...

/regulation /retail

Travers Clarke-Walker

Travers Clarke-Walker SVP at Thought Machine

How to Start a New Bank: Navigating the U.K. Financial Services Landscape

The retail banking landscape in the U.K. has changed dramatically in recent years and it continues to evolve. We have seen the arrival of challenger banks – new, often digital entities focused on customer service and experience – as well as institutions with a more narrow focus, taking one element of finance (such as P2P lending) and doing it well...

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Why Digital Money Management is Set to Emerge in Asia

The other day, a reputable digital banker asked me, “How many lives does PFM have?” I smiled. Whereas Digital Money Management (also known as PFM, Personal Financial Management) in Europe is arguably on its second (or third) life, Asian banks have the opportunity to adopt next-generation PFM for the very first time, while simultaneously avoiding ...

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Getting ahead of the game

In an age driven by technology and innovation, providing services that overlay technology with human touchpoints/interaction where appropriate remains crucial in achieving good customer service, regardless of what business you’re in. Whilst the popularity of the internet, telephone and mobile banking enables customers to bank how they want, when t...

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Dean Wallace

Dean Wallace Director of Consumer Payments Modernisation at ACI

Fintech disruption. Hype or reality?

Earlier this week ACI Worldwide published the findings of a YouGov survey asking ~2000 UK consumers about their attitudes towards banking and new entrants, their payments patterns and behavior. We presented our findings to the media, with the headline “Digital disruption in the UK banking sector is still moving at a slow pace” and concluded the f...

/payments /retail

Paul Hampton

Paul Hampton Security Expert at Thales

How banks should approach security in 2016

Over the past few years, data breaches have increased in frequency and size, making the need to protect sensitive information a top priority for businesses worldwide. According to recent reports, there were 888 data breaches in the first half of 2015 alone, compromising 246 million data records of customers’ personal and financial information worl...

/security /retail

Nanda Kumar

Nanda Kumar CEO at SunTec Business Solutions

Downsizing: A Blessing in Disguise?

The catastrophic global recession of 2008 sent ripples through the banking sector. Many banks struggled to cope with massive losses suffered because of debt they accrued through somewhat risky investments. Banks, like the Lehman Brothers, went under and others are only now starting to recover by taking the same risks but in a less haphazard way. T...

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