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Last week I blogged on Bitcoin transactions, commenting on how they are steadily growing. I did not explore what these transactions were for, but one commentator expressed doubt they were for commerce...
In Beware Of Credit Card Reward Redemption Theft, I'd written about the many occasions in the past when I didn't receive my credit card redemption until I chased the bank in question. In all those ca...
Recently concluded Apple special September product lunch event was full of announcements. It covered all product segments - iWatch, iPhone, iPadPro, AppleTV. Some of the upgrades are incremental, some...
What’s my account balance? How can I make a payment this afternoon? And how are my investments doing right now? These are frequently the daily, and sometimes hourly, needs of today’s financial consume...
Darkode anyone? Not anymore. This underground bad hackers’ forum was recently demolished by the FBI, says a report on www.justice.gov. The dozen hackers associated with Darkode are facing criminal cha...
With yet another banking glitch affecting UK customers last week, the answer to that question must be an emphatic “no”! And with banking failures happening on a seemingly weekly basis, we perhaps shou...
Amid a sea of change, the importance of customer satisfaction to financial institutions remains a constant. The task has never been easy, but the convergence of technological change, cost-cutting, reg...
There has a been a lot of talk about how to trade blocks that are smaller than the LIS waiver but that are still too big to go to regular lit markets. The debate has been ratcheted up by the 4 and 8% ...
In a world where corporate transactions take place around the clock, payment delays are no longer acceptable. How should banks and PSPs prepare for the New Access Model? Since its introduction to the ...
Implementing a Matching Engine application presents a host of challenges. If you're responsible for such a project then you need to give serious consideration to a number of critical system components...
The delays in enacting regulatory mandates for central clearing of FX derivatives highlight an interesting trend—even though clearing remains optional, the industry continues to increase the level of ...
As electronic trading grows on the buy-side and top dealers retreat from sharing market color, exchanges are snapping up FX trading venues. In July, Deutsche Borse said it will buy foreign exchange t...