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Regulators globally have expressed mixed feeling on banks and financial institutions (FIs) moving into cloud computing. The top of the list concerns are security and data privacy. There are a lot more...
Financial institutions, banks and credit cards companies, have invested billions of euros over the last 30 years on payments systems. However over time the complexity of the overall system architectur...
As smartphone uptake continues to gain momentum, the trend for consumers to access the web and information on the go via their mobiles is rapidly becoming the norm. No better is this illustrated than ...
Favourite quote of the week from the internet "LulzSec is running around pummelling some of the world’s most powerful organisations into the ground… for laughs! For lulz! For shits and giggles! S...
I've noticed a lot of comment linking Twitter and trading recently. There was a report here on Finextra that Canada's online investors are increasingly turning to Twitter and Facebook to help them ma...
I have talked a lot recently about legacy payment systems, the problems they can cause within financial institutions and how to approach change, but I often get asked how companies can ascertain if th...
This proves beyond doubt that social media has come to stay. In this digital world, one sees virtual groups, meeting in virtual locales. Marketing, in this virtual market place is inexpensive and prov...
The EU Commission’s proposals on end dates for SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) and SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) have been widely publicised. These could be as early as 2012 and 2013 – although I would question ...
As more businesses move to "the cloud," one sector has generally remained a hold-out – banks. Financial institutions have been slow to rely on third-party cloud services, mainly due to perce...
Every time I get new service or new card, I get new user name and new PIN code. As it is written in many data security manuals, never store your codes next to computer, mobile device or similar places...
As I ask the question I can hear the thud of exasperation from overworked network administrators. Surely not another awareness day or preparatory day for the masses; haven’t network administrat
Recent events have really let the cat out of the bag with all sorts of unknown actors likely to have access to your secure....ha hermm....token. Not just the usual types. Oils aint oils, when it comes...