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Elton Cane

Another ill-considered bank logo

ANZ have done a rebrand and ditched their blue stripy logo for a blue logo with three blobs. http://thefinancialbrand.com/2009/04/21/anz-new-logo/ Lazy journalists are reporting that the re-design co...

23 Oct 2009
Cringeworthy marketing gallery
Elton Cane

Get your Sibos photos here!

Still waiting for the press photographer to turn up to your stand for the client handshake shot? Why not take your own pics and post them to the Sibos Community photos section on Finextra. https://www...

14 Sep 2009
Finextra@Sibos
Elton Cane

Swift does Dragon's Den with Innotribe

Swift's new Innotribe section of the Sibos agenda has evolved into an interesting experiment in collaboration and potentially commercialisation. Presentations at the opening sessions at the SibosLabs...

14 Sep 2009
Innovation in Financial Services
Elton Cane

Suspicious fire at liquidated bank

There's an interesting news snippet from Jakarta today about a fire at IFI Bank, which was liquidated by Indonesia's central bank in April. It's slightly suspicious, but not in the sense of the blaze...

15 Jun 2009
Information Security
Elton Cane

Judge warns bank on record retention

The full text of the Job vs Halifax judgement makes for interesting reading. Both claimant and defendant called some well qualified witnesses, from Cambridge University and APACS. The bank produced a ...

05 Jun 2009
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Elton Cane

Innovation in wholesale payments, beyond e-invoicing

I'm expecting that again this year there will be a lot of talk about e-invoicing at EBAday in Vienna, particularly as the expert group and EPC are working to break down the remaining barriers to wides...

20 Apr 2009
EBAday
Elton Cane

Trust me, I'm an expert ...

It' s a line we seem to fall for far too easily, and this is something that scientists say has contributed to the current financial crisis. Studies suggest that the normal mechanisms people use to eva...

24 Mar 2009
Trends in Financial Services
Elton Cane

Mobile audio - is it just for music??

I recently started to listen to the audio version of two of my favourite magazines - The Economist and New Scientist, and have been impressed by the convenience and quality. I'm not a fan of the word ...

26 Feb 2009
Innovation in Financial Services
Elton Cane

Update on Halifax EMV lawsuit

We were contacted recently by Alain Job, who filed a lawsuit last year against Halifax over an alleged fraud instance on his EMV chip card, for which the bank is holding him responsible. Our news stor...

12 Feb 2009
Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Elton Cane

Reversing the hardware to software trend

It's quite common for hardware manufacturers to expand into also offering software that manages and/or runs on their servers or other devices. But it's far less common to find a large pure-play softwa...

06 Feb 2009
Going green
Elton Cane

The joy of transaction-based recurring revenue

Intelligent Environments appears to have lived up to the first part of its name with the revenue model it has in place with a growing number of customers. Not only does it take a small one-off fee eac...

20 Jan 2009
Going green

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