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I've just replaced our photo uploader with a new and improved version which does a much better job of compressing and resizing pictures. The end result is much higher quality. So if you're a full comm...
Getting hitched these days can be expensive for the families involved and guests alike according to money website fool.co.uk. UK wedding stats 73% of people will attend an average of two weddings thi...
I associate fiver-dispensing ATMs with cash-strapped student areas - I think that's where I last saw one. And that was some time ago. By contrast all the ones around here only seem to have 20 quid not...
Given all the attention to the 'big fix' on the internet, I reiterate that it is NOT a fix, it merely slows down an attacker, instead of seconds, it now takes seconds, minutes or hours, depending on y...
Odds on the Russian gas/oil pipeline will be sabotaged or blown up with this excursion into Georgia (wouldn't you?). Time to buy those oil and gas futures again. If it leads to serious escalation and ...
SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is one of widely accepted way to do financial transaction between financial institutions. It has over 8,300 banking organizations, s...
The methodology let everyone down here. -'However, in this case fraud monitoring systems picked up the activity and the cards were blocked, meaning a "major fraud problem" was avoided, says ...
Well, the intention is good but these card numbers need not necessarily have to be stolen to be used. The luhn-digit algorithm check is easy enough to use to be able to come up with valid card numbers...
Henry Kaufman’s article in Wednesday’s FT, ‘The principles of sound regulation’, was an interesting read with its consideration of eight precepts of sound financial regulation and conclusion that whil...
Considering the cost-cutting going on at the moment there may be a case to ditch expensive licenced software in favour of open source or even in-house document creation and management systems. A lot ...
Most Financial Institutions have been very slow in upgrading themselves with new technologies. Obviously they cannot do frequent upgrades BUT all of them should regularly review their existing system
Every major financial crisis has generated significant change in how the Capital Markets industry operates. Examples include: • Mandatory trading halts introduced after the crash of 1987 to preve