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As the old joke goes, “the great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.” This certainly seems to be the case with point-of-sale (POS) devices, where there are now a number of ...
As we have seen in the media this week, EU proposals for a tax on financial transactions have created a storm of debate in the last 24 hours – mainly focusing on political issues. While the full deta...
Amid a media hubbub of journalists, PRs, super friendly assistants and everyone’s favourite guest, a dog called Duffy, the first retail bank in over a 100 years to launch on the UK high street has ope...
“We no longer know who is running the place–management or the consultants” is an all too common refrain by many a jaded, disenfranchised bank employee. Could there be truth in such a statement or doe...
Once again, the balance of power has shifted towards the consumer and this time, we have the ICT revolution to thank for it. Far from being passive users of goods and services, today’s customers are d...
Technology applications enhance efficiency and make it possible to adopt the principles mentioned above. Technology is rapidly advancing the ability for financial institutions to leverage a central d
100% security doesn’t exist. The frustrating truth is that almost every organisation will suffer a security breach at some point. Whether it is the defacing of a website, loss of data through a Troja
The banking and financial service industry is under ever increasing scrutiny from the regulators. Under the microscope are the banking practices and procedures that affect virtually every area of the ...
The online banking systems offered by the Lloyds Banking Group (including Bank of Scotland & Halifax) and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (including Natwest, Royal Bank of Scotland & Ulster b...
Real Title: Mobile & Phone Banking in the Age Of The $1500 IMSI catcher. Without getting all techo, you may have read where I reported last year that GSM encryption was kaput. Before you get all ...
How does your organization describe business processes? Few organizations can claim that they do so in a language all employees understand. If your employees find business process descriptions can the...
A recent CFO.com article reminds me why everyone loves spreadsheets – quick to create, easy to use, the ideal business tool. Although there is a snag - availability risk. Management’s inability to ide...