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A Finextra Member

Not your average journey to work

So after a 4.5 mile hike through the snow from Battersea to St Martins Lane, which took over 2.5 hours, I finally made it to Finextra HQ. Happy to report the rest of the Finextra sales team made it in...

02 Feb 2009
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A Finextra Member

Fraud nears record levels in 2008.. when did it happen?

I read with obvious interest and evaluation, many news articles currently reporting the upward and accelerating trend of fraud losses across industry sectors, types of fraud perpetrated, and delivery ...

02 Feb 2009
Stanley Epstein

I want my fellow travellers back

I was really stunned today by how rapidly our current financial woes have affected the real world. Just three months ago, I was in London to attend to some business matters. Then it was the usual pack...

01 Feb 2009
Richard Barr

Another 3 letter acronym we should all know - GRC

Late last week I was at a 1-day conference on "GRC" in I.T. For the uninitiated; Governance, Risk , and Compliance or "GRC" is a term that reflects a new way in which organizatio...

01 Feb 2009
A Finextra Member

All This New-Tech Is No Fun For Techies

I thought I'd do a quick rap-up of some of the 'fun' things done by hackers in the past year. The most fun one is the car navigation system. The one you rent at the airport when you get to some count...

01 Feb 2009
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Bo Harald

Nobody in their right mind...

Nobody in their right mind would do crossborder e-invoicing - if you listen to the seemingly endless listing of different legal, tax and even fraud risks - said DHL's speaker at an e-invoicing confere...

01 Feb 2009
Nick Ogden

Voice recognition Part 2

Gary Wright see https://www.finextra.com/blogs/fullblog.aspx?blogid=2447 sat and listened to a presentation that I made on Tuesday and wrote up a piece on his blog, due to reasons far beyond our un

31 Jan 2009
Innovation in Financial Services
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Rugby 6 Nations: Finextra Fantasy League

The 2009 RBS 6 Nations are almost upon us - the 10th 6 Nations since Italy were added to the 5 Nations roster in 1999. This year is expected to be a particularly exciting one with defending champions ...

30 Jan 2009
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A Finextra Member

Redundancy delays growth

It was inevitable that as the world dives into recession and profits disappear into history that the reaction of the majority of companies would be to cut costs and make employees redundant. The cost ...

30 Jan 2009
MiFID
Matt White

Desperate banks turn to drugs

An unlikely saviour for the world's banking system has been identified by Antonio Maria Costa, the boss of the United Nations' crime and narcotics watchdog - drugs money. In an interview with Austrian...

30 Jan 2009
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A Finextra Member

Positive action?

It looks like a development in the law could make a big difference to the fate of women in the business world. A new equality law would let employers use positive action in the recruitment process – h...

30 Jan 2009
Women in Technology
A Finextra Member

Why Telco's Don't Deserve My Trust

We received an SMS the other day from Vodafone. This is the exact text: Hi from Vodafone. There is some critical info missing on your account! Pls call us on 1555 within 24 hrs to fix it or we may hav...

30 Jan 2009
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