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So, Sony got hacked. Again. According to Lulzsec, the collective who hacked internal Sony networks and websites, they compromised over 1 million accounts, including admin details and passwords, along ...
Specifications for all sorts of things have multiple options on how they are implemented, and the EMV standard used in the world of payments cards is no exception. There are several options on how you...
If you didn’t know it already, here’s confirmation. A global research firm predicts that financial services’ spending on governance, risk and compliance (GRC) will enjoy double digit growth over the n...
In a technology-driven industry like financial services, it’s easy to feel sorry for regulators. As CIOs and their suppliers find ever more sophisticated ways to drive efficiency—like dark pools for e...
When MiFID first emerged into the mainstream, many of us focussed on developing smart routing systems that could navigate the new fragmented liquidity landscape. Over time, these smart routers have be...
The benefits to financial institutions of flexibility, responsiveness and agility are well recognized. Organizations will be able to do more with less. Centralized, integrated and fluid payment system...
The latest development in the world of mobile is that Google is about to unveil its version of the “electronic wallet” which will allow users to make payments at selected retail outlets at the wave of...
A highly skilled work force is an IT department's biggest resource and likewise its biggest cost. When skilled employees - especially those at the top - are forced to allocate their time to routine t
I have been working with one client to research and open their eyes about different options about to pay online. For example, in my former native country- Finland- most of the people prefer to pay wit...
Glenbrook Partners, a well respected payments strategy and consulting firm is on a mission to discover if the long-awaited ‘tipping point' in B2B payments, signaling a world in which electronic paymen...
There has been lot of debate about Google Wallet, which itself is a new way to have credit card. It is plastic alright, but not like plastic we are used to have. It has screen, touch pads and you can ...
This is what I read on employee fraud by the Financial Services Authority “one of the most serious threats”; an employee knows the inside story of process weaknesses and is often with collusion with a...