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While some of the get-togethers have already started to happen, Sibos 2011 starts in earnest in Toronto on Monday and promises to raise some important issues. I was last in Toronto almost thirty years...
Everyone agrees that e-invoice saves money, makes things easier and it is good for environment. But if we think situation for SME, this makes sense but still it is hard to adjust business for this. Go...
Big companies and big government get big press when their data is breached. And when a big company is hit, those whose accounts have been compromised are often notified. With smaller businesses, howev...
In Part 1 of this blog post, we'd compared the realtime SMS alerts for credit card transactions sent out by two banks, BANK1 and BANK2. In this Part 2, we'll look at these SMS alerts as 'products' a...
Just posted a blog on e-invoicing - the obvious next service layer and innovation platform for banks. Will be at SIBOS - hope to connect there.
We all know how burning the need to save costs is in the public sector - to have to borrow less and avoid competitiveness destroying tax hikes etc. When this is coupled with a need to move a soon sca...
The news from the FBI does not come as a surprise given the tenacity of cyber criminals in their efforts to steal from businesses and consumers. The reference from the Department of Homeland Security ...
Yesterday, PCI SSC published its first set of Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) solution requirements. This document, eagerly awaited by many, focuses on solutions that use cryptographic hardware to ...
I imagine most people in the City are dumbfounded that it’s still possible for a rogue trader to run up such a large loss. After all the investment that every bank (that I know of) has shovelled into ...
Without question, 2011 is the year for hackers of all kinds to get their 15 minutes of fame. But it feels like it’s lasting a lot longer than 15 minutes. With so many different breeds of hackers, each...
The road to Basel III compliance may be getting significantly shorter for some banks. Just last week, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority announced a proposal that would require Australian...
This blog was created while Mark was working at The Logic Group. I am looking for a new wallet. It must be leather, bi-fold, and have a space for notes...I abandoned carting around loose change a whil...