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Sibos finger on the pulse - where manual trumps automation

Automation is one of the conference sessions at Sibos this year. The traditional mantra has been automation is best, but this has changed somewhat. Should all trades that can be automated always just ...

12 Oct 2010
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Sibos exhibition floor activities

If you're going to be at Sibos or want to see what you're missing then don't forget to visit Finextra@Sibos' exhibition highlights diary during the Sibos week. We'll be featuring stand highlights, gi...

12 Oct 2010
Finextra@Sibos
Bob Ford

Metro Bank and First Direct - Customer Interaction?

A large majority of attention has been focussed on how Metro Bank has opened 'stores' in London and, in the space of some 3 months, exceeded account take up expectations. It has also been well documen...

12 Oct 2010
Paul Blank

Single Dealer Pages are NOT Single Dealer Platforms

It’s always a good sign, when your competition attempts to copy you. Bond Vision, the bank to client arm of the MTS bond trading platform, yesterday announced the launch of a suite of Single Dealer P...

12 Oct 2010
Finance 2.0
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Give a little gain a lot

With banks facing competition not only from within their own sector but also from new corporate entrants such as Tesco, loyalty programmes seem to be more important than ever. I recently read a survey...

12 Oct 2010
Robert Siciliano

Typosquatting for Fun and Profit

Typosquatting, which is also known as URL hijacking, is a form of cybersquatting that targets Internet users who accidentally type a website address into their web browser incorrectly. When users mak...

12 Oct 2010
Robert Siciliano

5 Ways to Prevent Check Fraud Scams

Check fraud is a billion dollar problem. Check fraud victims include banks, businesses and consumers. Our current system for cashing checks is somewhat flawed. Checks can be cashed and merchandise can...

12 Oct 2010
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Credit Suisse publishes Global Wealth Report 2010

Last week, Credit Suisse announced the publication of the Global Wealth Report 2010. It’s an inaugural study which aims to “provide the most comprehensive study of the world wealth”. In contrast with...

12 Oct 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
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US tax authorities on the move

US tax authorities released Notice 2010-60 in August and there have been several events and seminars since then trying to make sense of it all. 2010-60 is a set of guidance on how the industry needs...

11 Oct 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
Uri Rivner

Underground Ripples

The international law enforcement operation known as Trident is starting to have ripple effects in the fraud underground. Like the Darknet operation in October 2008, it is certainly a milestone in th...

11 Oct 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
Bob Ford

Is This The Last European SIBOS As We Know It?

The registration numbers have been issued this morning and show about 2,000 delegates from Asia and the Americas. The remainder of the nearly 7,000 delegates are from EMEA. Nothing new in these statis...

11 Oct 2010
A Finextra Member

Sibos: the real theme is cost reduction

We’ve been gearing up for Sibos for a couple of months now and in all our discussions with London-based international bankers, the show’s themes of the three Rs: Regulation, Rebuilding Trust and Recov...

11 Oct 2010
Finextra@Sibos

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