Archive for: February, 2007
Elton Cane - Independent - Brisbane | 28/02/2007 | 3305 views
What's interesting about the DoCoMo mobile payment technology referenced in this recent story, and what differentiates it from many other m-payment initiatives operating elsewhere in the world, is that the Osaifu Keitai (literal translation = wallet cell phone) system acts like a contacless smart card, using Son'y FeLiCa technology. (Other ...
Tags: Payments, Retail banking
John Cant - MPI Europe Ltd - London | 27/02/2007 | 2476 views | 2 comments
Well the answer is obviously yes, I do. Particularly when it throws up in that Hitch Hicker’s Guide to the Galaxy, maximum improbability drive way a gem like “Managers Say the Majority of Information Obtained for Their Work Is Useless, Accenture Survey Finds”. There I was looking for some dull, but important nugget on MiFID, or wa...
Elton Cane - Independent - Brisbane | 26/02/2007 | 5682 views
Looks like National Australia Bank (NAB) is the latest bank to fall victim to mail-out problems that compromise customer data. They're not the first, and are unlikely to be the last. The usual bank spokesperson agenda in these situations is to claim that there is nothing in the lapse that exposes customers to to risk of fraud.But thinking about...
Tags: Security, Retail banking
Paul Penrose - Finextra - London | 19/02/2007 | 2676 views
Belgian financial services firm Fortis has made a bold move into the social networking space with the launch of a new Website. The join2grow network is being touted by the bank as a MySpace for entrepreneurs. Research house Gartner has suggested that banks should monitor emerging Internet social networks for their potential for partnerships, to of...
Tags: Online banking, Retail banking
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