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Keith Appleyard

British Telecom sends Customers personal details unencrypted

[I'm surprised I haven't seen anything elsewhere on Finextra on the ACS:Law fiasco] BT has admitted it sent the personal details of more than 500 customers as an unsecured document to legal firm ACS:L...

30 Sep 2010
Whatever...
A Finextra Member

Online banking for affluent segment

Last week on a retail banking conference in Prague, i have heard a dozen times from bankers' presentations, that the banks need to focus on affluent customers. They are way more profitable than the ma...

30 Sep 2010
Online Banking
Alexander Mifsud

A more open approach to innovation

The recent Finextra webcast on retail banking innovation caused some a debate from various industry experts. The general consensus seemed to be that banks are severely constrained in terms of how much...

30 Sep 2010
Paul Blank

What is a Swap Execution Facility SEF

In my efforts to understand the implications of the new legislation covering OTC Derivatives, I came across an excellent blog called ‘Streetwise Professor’ written as you would expect, by a streetwise...

29 Sep 2010
A Finextra Member

Hitachi response - Finger Vein Technology for ATMs in Poland

In response to concerns about privacy and data protection in the context of the use of Biometric data for non Government related transactions, Hitachi Europe would like to clarify several points for

29 Sep 2010
Bo Harald

A Digital Single Market - why and how?

DG Infosoc is gearing up activities under the Digital Single Market headline. When this is being rolled out it is important to ask the question: Why? The obvious answers are that large scale x-sector...

29 Sep 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
David Divitt

Don't be discouraged from online banking

This story shows the lengths to which criminals will go to commit fraud, and the PCeU must be congratulated on breaking this criminal gang. However, it is important that stories like this don't discou...

29 Sep 2010
Angus Stewart

YOUR 10-STEP PLAN FOR TACKLING INSIDER AND EMPLOYEE FRAUD

Insider fraud – a crime committed by members of staff – is now one of the biggest security threats posed to businesses in the UK. I estimate the cost to UK financial institutions is astronomical. Mo

29 Sep 2010
A Finextra Member

Rod Stewart City presentation myth or real?

A few weeks back i was asked to give a short and informal presentation for Volante and the opening of their London office. It so happens that night i was due at a Rod Stewart concert and it got me thi...

28 Sep 2010
A Finextra Member

Financial services getting right for once

Close Asset Management UK are the latest fund manager to use the EMX Message System now fully integrated within Euroclear. The links to Fund Settle provide a real international settlment solution for ...

28 Sep 2010
David Divitt

Internet banking faces a new threat

The recent announcement of the multi-channelled Zeus attack on a user's internet banking account is an interesting hypothesis and surely will not be the last when it comes to beating the ever advancin...

27 Sep 2010
Angus Stewart

CONFUSION HINDERS FRAUD FIGHT: TELL ME SOMETHING NEW!

Recently my attention was drawn to the comments made by a leading think-tank that claimed a “confusing hotchpotch” of reporting obligations is hindering UK companies in their fight against fraud. The

27 Sep 2010

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