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James Richards - 80-30 - London | 30/03/2012 | 2627 views | 3 comments

Does speedy customer adoption matter to the Google Wallet?

Google is currently considering new ways to drive further adoption of its payments Wallet in the US, with Bloomberg suggesting that the company is planning to share revenue with carriers such as Verizon Wireless and AT&T to encourage their customers to embrace the new payments technology. Other high profile partnerships in the mobile payments ... Tags: Mobile & online, PaymentsGroup: Finance 2.0

a non-active Finextra member | 30/03/2012 | 2158 views | 1 comment

Flying on the Wings of Curiosity in the Sky of Prosperity

Flying on the Wings of Curiosity in the Sky of Prosperity… What Determines a Credit Bureau’s Success As published today by The National Association of Credit Managers, the Credit Manager’s Index is now at the highest level seen in over a year. The “New credit application” index has grown from 59.5 up to 60.4 this mon... Tags: Cards, Risk & regulationGroup: Financial Risk Management

Pat Carroll - ValidSoft - London | 30/03/2012 | 2864 views | 3 comments

A Call to Action on cybercrime!

Two interesting stats have caught my eye this week: Fraudsters are costing the UK an estimated £73billion a year (National Fraud Authority, NFA) Cybercrime has now become the second most commonly reported economic crime affecting companies in the financial services sector (PWC) While counter-fraud groups such as the NFA’s &ls... Tags: Security, PaymentsGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 30/03/2012 | 4283 views

A new Clearing House; new law brings consolidation closer

News that NYSE Euronext is planning to build their own Clearing House for derivatives and is very interesting and a possible indictment of the quality of choice of alternative Clearing Houses in the market. It was obvious that there would be some moves by NYSE Euronext away from LCH.Clearnet as soon as the London Stock Exchange Group increased thei... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Pat Carroll - ValidSoft - London | 29/03/2012 | 2879 views

Trust is the key!

NFC contactless payments, and P2P mobile payments are fast gaining momentum in the payments world. Banks, retailers, network operators, amongst others are all rushing for land grab, rolling out new NFC-enabled cards, mobile wallets and mobile phones for us to use in our daily lives. It’s fantastic that we are embracing this technology, and I ... Tags: Security, PaymentsGroup: Innovation in Financial Services