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Tim Tyler - Misys - London | 07/08/2012 | 2159 views | 1 comment

Little Fluffy Clouds

I was listening to some music from my youth - Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb - whilst watching the thunder clouds gather outside of my office. We all know that clouds live in the sky, these amorphous collections of water droplets high above our heads, drifting from location to location, with no intervention from us on the ground. To a great extent... Tags: Security, Risk & regulationGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Tim Tyler - Misys - London | 30/04/2012 | 1807 views | 3 comments

Man The Pumps?

I have just read an article on the Economist linked to by Finextra: "The bank of SMS" - talking about mobile banking across Africa.Even more interesting than the article were the comments, of which one leapt out at me more than others. It was criticising the investment being made in mobile banking, when there should be so many other priorities: "Y... Tags: Payments, Retail bankingGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Tim Tyler - Misys - London | 27/04/2012 | 2505 views

The flaws of common ID?

I too would prefer to have a single common method of identifying myself online: a single common avatar that I use across all sites, with a single common (complex and strong) method of authenticating myself. But as the editor of a UK technology magazine has just discovered (@bazzacollins), illicit access through that common identifier can have wide... Tags: Cards, Online bankingGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Tim Tyler - Misys - London | 02/08/2011 | 3017 views | 7 comments

Your webcam as a credit card reader?

So now you are able to use your very own webcam as a credit card reader. I'm not sure that holding your card in front of your webcam is going to be that much easier than typing in around 20 characters: the number of people who have enough problems getting themselves "in shot" properly would lead me to think that this isn't going to be all plain sa... Tags: Cards, PaymentsGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Tim Tyler - Misys - London | 26/04/2011 | 3485 views | 1 comment

Coupons and Payments - What Do We Have To Lose?

Electronic coupons appear to be all the rage at the moment, with the rush to the front seemingly being led by Groupon. Throwing themselves in to the fight now are Google (with Google Offers) and Facebook (with Facebook Deals) - so there might be an assumption that there is scope for considerable growth in this market. Do banks need to keep a wary... Tags: Mobile & online, Retail bankingGroup: Innovation in Financial Services