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It was fascinating, listening to Tony Lomas and Steven Pearson from accountants PWC, give an account on the BBC of events a year ago inside Lehman Brothers Europe, at the moment that the rug was pulle...
Ever click on a link in an email or while browsing online, and something just wasn’t right? The domain name in the address bar was off by a letter or two? Or a word was misspelled? Maybe there was a n...
This is the time of year when the financial services industry, or at least the "techie" element heads off to some exotic venue for the annual SWIFT jamboree. SWIFT as we all know is the glob...
I've heard some crazy plans lately. Recessions bring them out, or at least companies trying to develop a bit of upward spin on their share prices. Google has apparently been planning to tag all all ou...
Yesterday’s key topic at the EFMA conference in Paris clearly reflected the need for adaptability and innovation in the payments industry post credit crunch. Market drivers such as the post-recession ...
Recent surveys appear to show that the buy side and investors are getting a real raw deal with MiFID. Wealth managers are feeling the pinch with so many new trading venues to connect to even to have a...
Heated debates between the European Central Bank, the European Payments Council and Visa Europe about interchange fees, timeframes around the SEPA Cards Framework and the emergence of a third European...
Never, in thirteen years in this industry, would I have predicted that a US President would talk about withholding tax and use the term “QI” (qualified intermediary) in a public forum, let alone form
In the eBilling world the debate over the use of the stick or carrot is now the hottest topic. Especially with the recent class action suite against T-Mobile. The reason for the uproar is T-Mobile's
Skimming is one of the financial industry’s fastest-growing crimes, according to the U.S. Secret Service. The worldwide ATM Industry Association reports over $1 billion in annual global losses from c
Today Which? released their survey of online banking security. The results are summarized in their press release and the full article is in the September edition of “Which? Computing”. The article f...
It is not too late to register for our web cast on risk and regulation in financial services - Be Afraid or Be Ready - sponsored by Adobe. The live event will take place at 14:00 BST on Thursday, 10 S...