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With 2015 well underway, everyone is looking forward to what the year will hold for finance and technology. As the economy continues to recover and technology evolves at a rapid pace, can we expect to...
“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” This quote from Edmund Burke, an 18th century British orator, politician, and philosopher, still rings true today… even within the new realm
Despite what many think, cash would still appear to be king. Since 1986, ATM cash withdrawals have been on a steady increase across the country according to statistics by Link. Demand for cash also a...
More than 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution ushered in the use of machines to execute complex tasks more quickly and efficiently. Now, the same benefits from digital automation are being felt a...
I am constantly asked about market abuse and manipulation within our markets and how best to combat these undesirable threats . Since entering the trading arena in 1982 I have witnessed a number of ab...
I was relaxing on my way home on the 7.02 from Waterloo last night when I came across Nick Goodway's excellent article on the impact of unbundling and research procurement. As everyone knows, ESMA wa...
What if you knew there existed a possibility that some company, without your knowledge, grabbed a photo of your child and put it on their product and then put their product online for sale? Koppie K...
Very topical blogpost here: http://perspectives.tieto.com/blog/2015/03/challenge-blog-post-real-time-economy/
Numbers can be misleading. For example, with over 250 active mobile money projects around the world today, one could conclude there must be many success stories. However, my participation at last
Financial Fraud Action have recently announced that during the course of 2014, there was a 48% increase of Online Banking fraud in the UK, driven by a rise in malware and fraud perpetrated through soc...
Payments with mobile devices has exploded. 2014 was a year of huge and rapid change and the first quarter of 2015 has not disappointed. Impactful events like the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and Mo...
Yesterday's letter sent to the Telegraph signed by 100 of the country’s leading business figures demonstrates a real belief in the current Government’s ability to manage the economy successfully and c...