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For years the quality of Facebook financial applications has left a lot to be desired. With a few notable exceptions - Fantasy Stock Exchange, for example, which went on to become KaChing and now Wea...
Having just returned from EBA Day in Madrid, I think that the 600+ delegates, exhibitors and organisers, would agree it was a roaring success, with only one slight cloud on the horizon - WiFi. Why...
The data breach at Citi demonstrates the ever increasing sophistication of security attacks and the volume of highly personal data that banks hold. With fraudulent techniques continually evolving, ban...
While the debate rages on as to whether the recent attack on the IMF (International Monetary Fund) was indeed a state-sponsored attack, the security industry should focus its efforts on thinking about...
You may have noticed a lot of security news in the media recently - whether it's the latest victim of hacker group Lulz Security, the folks at Lockheed Martin or the Anonymous group activities. Or clo...
(original interview from www.FDE.com) The processes that dictate cash flow are moving online as e-invoicing and e-payment become more common, but in the payments space there is much to be done as com
I have been known to mention it. Now it seems pretty hard to refute. Even the CIA can't keep their website up. After Congress, hacktavists have embarrassed the public face of the CIA. See the SMH for ...
Banks have woken up to the fact that cross-channel banking is a key ingredient to drive sales and increase loyalty. Cross channel banking goes beyond multi-channel banking. It’s not just providing mul...
The session where EBA Clearing explained the launch of 'mybank' its new online payments facility, targeted for go live in 2012, was interesting. The concept being that when you click 'pay' it takes yo...
Part of the first session at EBA Day focused on the new entrants to the market, E-Money Institutions (EMI) and Payment Institutions (PI), facilitated by the introduction of the EU Payment Services Dir...
SEPA has being having such a difficult birth, but EBA Day has highlighted that the Spanish are showing the way The presentation by Soledad Nunez, General Director of the Treasury and Financial Policy,...
The theme of this years EBA day was 'Advancing Thought Leadership' and it was refeshing to hear the welcoming speech from the chairman of EBA stressing the importance of banks in taking a more proacti...