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Instances of Banks suffering cyber attacks are on the rise. Cyber attacks were reported this week on Banks in India. In fact Reserve Bank of India (India's Central Bank) came out with rigorous guideli...
The Money20/20 agenda is always packed; the event inspires insightful discussion, debate and collaboration every year. And this year promises to be no exception. I'm especially looking forward to chew...
Chargebacks are a complex, expensive and aggressive problem. First, they come in all shapes and sizes and impact all types of merchants. There are two main types of chargebacks — fraud (which includes...
The UK is facing a growing crisis at the moment. Since 2010, Card Not Present (CNP) Fraud has cost the UK economy £1.7 billion, with the number set to increase as UK banks deliberate how to cure the p...
Although only recently introduced, the trend lines for the adoption of mobile wallet technologies like Apple Pay, Google Wallet and Android Pay resemble those of smartphones—hockey-stick growth curves...
In 2004 the Royal United Services Institute staged a conference, UK Resilience: Joining up the Sectors, whose purpose was to provide a forum for debate on ‘a set of specific issues that have been iden...
Once again data breaches have made headlines globally, bringing significant negative publicity, impacting consumers who have had their data compromised and prompting the public to question just how sa...
The financial services have always had a complex relationship with cloud computing. Faced with increased competition from fintech players, many retail banks for example, are looking to expand their co...
If you could authenticate online payments with a press of your finger, a quick selfie or an iris scan instead of using a traditional password, would you? Advances in payment technology not only have ...
Leaving the office last week to grab some lunch, I passed an acquaintance on the way out of the building. I, naturally, smiled and said a friendly hello. Except it wasn’t an acquaintance. It was someo...
Banks, understandably concerned with improving security amidst rising investments in payment technologies, are turning to biometrics for an answer. It is estimated that the market for biometric identi...
You are now 20 times more likely to have your money stolen online than by a pickpocket or mugger in the street, according to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The stats rev...