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Mobile banking is on its way and if recent developments are to go by, it is in fact fast approaching. Indeed, banks that want to keep up with the pace will need to start thinking about, if they haven’...
There’s no doubt that cyber criminals are becoming increasingly proficient in bypassing traditional fraud prevention tools. Recently the Financial Times reported on the attack on Citigroup – which com...
At Thomson Reuters we are constantly talking to financial institutions to feel the pulse of market trends and their impact on application technology for the capital markets. One theme in particular ha...
I have to speak out. You must remember hbgary, the company which apparently conspired with BoA/DOJ on ways (some illegal) in which to tackle wikileaks? Well they were allegedly hacked by a 16yr girl i...
The Vice-President of the European Commission and EU Justice Commissioner, Vivien Reding, has this week outlined updates to EU legislation for the protection of personal data, following a public cons...
For many financial institutions, the recent ruling in the US holding a bank responsible for fraudulent losses from business accounts has raised a few eyebrows because, traditionally liability has rema...
Since the financial crisis, the relationship between prime brokers and their hedge fund clients has changed significantly. A multi-prime approach has become the norm in the fund management industry to...
The bankers across the globe have different perceptions and definition for customer service. When I talk to them, customer centricity is their primary focus to enhance loyalty. Is the metric for custo...
Recent news coverage and analyst reports* have noted the continued preference of equity options market participants for negotiating complex, sizable options transactions using voice and instant messa
Change is in the air for banks, and it could take the form of mandated increases in capital requirements, as well as new surcharges. Unlike 2008, financial institutions classically deemed “too big to ...
The internet and internet based technologies have revolutionized the way how people interact with their environment. E-commerce is growing, social networks are immensely popular, and 'cloud services' ...
American author and poet Maya Angelou famously said, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.&quo...