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Fraud is serious business. A recent report from PwC cited that hacking attacks overall are costing UK businesses at least £10bn a year. Fraud reduces customer confidence and brand integrity. Merchant
As if security managers at banks and other financial institutions don’t have enough to worry about, a recent article has pointed to another threat that must be dealt with—hackers remotely taking cont...
Reflecting upon a blog I posted 18 months or so ago, Denial of Business Attacks: A big headache coming your way? I was thinking about the forthcoming TV series of the hugely popular talent show the &...
A friend recently asked his financial adviser if he would help with investing in some fine wine, to which the financial adviser simply laughed. He then asked for advice on buying some Gold bullion to ...
On 7 June 2010, the newly-established SEPA Council met for the first time, and it is reported that migration end dates were discussed. No further news on that particular point has yet emerged. We all ...
It was in a meeting the other day that I finally realised that I am getting old. As I made my weary way home, I mused on this sudden insight and found myself reminiscing about the old days, when meet...
Payments systems in financial institutions in APAC have always been thought of as unsophisticated and ‘old-school’. With their reliance of paper and fax-based process it’s easy to see why. This is cha...
It is not always easy to get a clear understanding of what’s going on when confronted by large amounts of data. The usual solution to this is to step back in order to get some perspective and understa...
As the new UK coalition government struggles to get the economy under control, and others across Europe continue to brace themselves for the uncertain times ahead, the question of how to prevent a sim...
Here's the last part ! Enjoy ! Bruno Joanides (BJ) : Do you plan to extend your activities to other countries? What is your strategy about this? Nick Ogden (NO) : Yes our network already covers 50 co...
Here's the 2nd part of the interview. Partners Bruno Joanides (BJ) : To run your business, a strong partnership with a bank was needed, was it difficult to find a bank to provide you with the servic...
In a blog I posted last week, ‘Lessons learned from the economic downturn’, you may recall my 14-year old son was asking if he could open his own bank account and with which bank he should deposit his...