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Only 46% of banks are confident that their company has adequate risk management tools and processes, and that management follows risk management recommendations, as found by a recent Tower Watson surv...
Imagine I ask you to go to the shops and buy me something simple – let’s say 5 tins of beans. You go to the local shops, return with the goods and I pay you for them, together with a tip to compensate...
As we all know, around three-quarters of the world's population have access to a mobile phone. However, also according to the World Bank, globally, only 3% of people use mobile phones to receive mone...
With the London Olympics in full swing, one can’t help but think of the state of our industry and the challenges ahead. When it comes to regulation and compliance for the capital markets, we certainly...
Introduction I’m often asked by lay people why we humans can undertake large construction or engineering projects with relative success and yet we struggle to deliver software projects without bugs an...
SunGard recently conducted a study to better understand how corporations were addressing the various challenges around ePayment adoption and the migration to ACH and virtual cards. The study included ...
Google announced this week that it has opened its wallet to consumers allowing them to associate any debit and credit card with their Google Wallet. It also has eased integration requirements for card...
Is the recent RBS system failure a one-off, or does it highlight a bigger and broader problem? Robert Peston, the BBC’s Business editor, says ‘….RBS does not believe that the issue raised by many -...
The emergence of new banking channels has significant implications for financial institutions, particularly when it comes to cross-channel information and service delivery. Financial institutions have...
Late last week, Lloyds Banking group announced its mid-year results. Lloyds, the UK's biggest bank, posted a half-year loss of £439 million. The results were not surprising. The tide of economic tu...
In the Olympics, after years of training and dedication it seems that in the eyes of the media and the public, it all comes down to winning or losing. An individual may have achieved an outstanding pe...
An article on ZDNet caught my attention recently. It looked at a Gartner report that said 60% of businesses will be monitoring social media by 2015 and asked its panel of CIOs if were they doing so a...