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Recently published World Payments Report 2015 talked about the contribution of prepaid cards/wallets in Singapore’s journey towards Cashless economy. Over the period of time prepaid instruments have b...
Introducing FOMO and FUD In venture capital parlance, FOMO and FUD are the equivalents of Calvin and Hobbes. FOMO, or the Fear of Missing Out leads angels to invest, or overinvest in ventures with lit...
The modern society expects quality and reliability from the modern exchange platforms. Thorough verification of exchange technology is not possible without adequate software testing tools. Understandi...
Consider a keychain for a moment. For most of us, a keychain holds all of our necessities such as home keys, car keys, work keys and even forgotten keys, that we aren’t quite sure what to do with. Now...
Figures from the Bank of England suggest that we have an ongoing attachment to cash. Indeed, the value of bank notes in circulation increased by six per cent last year with the £20 note representing ...
My niece always tells me she has nothing to play with. Her room, of course, is filled with toys. Being the first child born in the family came with a degree of overindulgence. When I ask her about the...
European regulators have issued a certain number of recommendations regarding the security of electronic payments[1]. However, in terms of technology, the power is still is the hands of the users, as ...
The appetite for multi-leg options strategies is on the rise. But this also means capturing liquidity that is fragmented across multiple options exchanges. Complex orders or spread trades allow trader...
Studies across the board indicate that weak usernames and passwords are one of the top causes of data breaches, and I find that information to be unfortunate, because it is preventable. According to a...
We might all be running on fumes, but we made it to day four. Another one in the books. I can't resist the temptation to complete the airline analogy… we’re beginning our descent, buckle up, you’re c...
Standards Forum Day Three was all about compliance and regulation. "Less conversation" is not a phrase that one would normally expect see in the same sentence as "Sibos" but there...
I’m at a regulatory roadshow in Frankfurt today, and one of the “big numbers” that has been mentioned is the total cost of the fines that have been charged against financial institutions in different ...