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Barely a week goes by without a data loss story making an appearance on Finextra. A good proportion of these involve staff stupidity so I wasn't particularly surprised when a press release made its wa...
A recent Charities Commission report found that one in four charities have seen a drop in donations in 2008 while one in 12 is experiencing severe financial trouble. It is easy to see why this is hap...
Downadup aka Conficker is a rather nasty worm which attacks a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The infection rate is going through the roof according to researchers at F-Secure. The figures are sob...
It's good to see BofA getting involved with Twitter but there do seem to be a couple of associated security concerns. The bank is effectively using its feed as a help desk. Its man at the coalface, D...
It's amazing how many times this happens https://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=19530. Presumably, the wrong notes have been loaded in the wrong hoppers...? If so, this is easily rectified...at l...
At this week's Securities & Investment Institute debate in London's Mansion House some eminent speakers in front of an expert audience debated "In this current financial environment, more fi
There has been news in recent weeks in the press that the banks continue to wield undue influence, aimed at protecting their powers. This time the news comes from Kenya and it's all about M-PESA. Fo...
Today I went to my bank to draw MY money from MY account. Even doing this without the assistance of a surly bank teller costs me money in transaction fees. I do the work, on the bank's equipment on my...
I noticed an article in the Press today suggesting that the authorities were now considering creating a ‘bad bank’ (we already have more than one, but I know what they mean), into which could be place...
The World Economic Forum has released its annual take on Risks our world carries in the new year. The Global Risks Report 2009 is a compulsive read in these turbulent times and not just for Risk profe...
I read this piece about "code rot" this morning. Curious. Every Windows PC I have ever owned has seemed to get slower as time goes by - and that includes servers. Sometimes defragging the d...
I write this as I wait yet again for the Singtel/Optus call centre to deal with my simple request. I placed a call to Singtel/Optus recently in order to unlock a phone from their network. Simple enoug...