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Micah Willbrand - BankersAccuity - London | 17/05/2013 | 401 views

Equipping treasury professionals to deal with SEPA migration

With the recent news that the Council of the European Union is demanding that SEPA migration efforts are doubled, the question remains, do payments professionals fully understand the steps to becoming SEPA compliant before the 2014 end date? Many complex logistics need to be addressed by corporates looking to capitalise on the cost savings SEPA is... Tags: Payments

Pat Carroll - ValidSoft - London | 17/05/2013 | 725 views | 1 comment

Latest ATM Fraud: another 45 million reasons for change

Once again we have been reminded of the vulnerability of financial institutions to credit card fraud. Last week we saw the news that a large gang of thieves (a number of whom have just been arrested in New York) managed to steal an enormous $45 million from thousands of ATMs in just a matter of hours. This latest crime may have been complex in its... Tags: Cards, SecurityGroup: Disruption in Retail Banking

Simon Johnston - Striata - Johannesburg | 17/05/2013 | 1135 views

eCommerce: Email picks up the dropped basket

Two out of every three people that 'walk' into your 'online store' will shop around, select items to buy, add them to their basket and proceed to checkout. Then just as they pull out the credit card, they dump the basket by the digital door and leave! This is the statistic that really grabbed my attention: the average documented online shopping car... Tags: Retail banking, Innovation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 17/05/2013 | 364 views

What are My Risks with My Mobile Device?

Mobile technology is the new frontier for fraudsters. Today, there are more wireless devices than American people. Mobile devices connect to the Internet and have much of the same information and capability as a personal computer. Your device and the private data it holds are very, very attractive to thieves. Yet, most of us don’t protect ou... Tags: Security

Michael Nuciforo - Keatan - London | 16/05/2013 | 753 views | 1 comment

Self-Service to Selfless Service

This is a very difficult for me to say… …we have had a really good run together…but it’s time… …it’s time we moved on…I need a break… …it’s not you, it’s me... …I have new needs… …I am no longer interested in self-service…I just want s... Tags: Mobile & online, InnovationGroup: Finance 2.0