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Humans have always loved a paradox, from the simple piece of paper with ‘the other side is true’ and ‘the other side is false’ on either side; to quantum physics theory meaning that Schrödinger's cat ...
Recent statistics have outlined that the financial technology sector is one of the strongest sectors in the UK economy, with investment jumping 177 per cent in the first quarter of 2014 compared to la...
Developments in Mobile Payments and Crypto Currencies both scare and rivet me in equal measure. Working within a cyber security company I am all to conscious of the risks of mobile payments, mobile
Historically, we have shopped with cash or cards. When we use cards (credit, debit, gift, prepaid, etc.) the focus has been on validating the originator. The merchant takes your details and goes to a ...
Just two weeks ago, on the 3rd of June, I spoke at ATMIA’s European ATMs conference in London, and published a blog, on the subject of rising interest rates and the impact this will have on the ATM i...
With the new technology in place for the World Cup in Brazil, long and unsettled disputes about whether the ball was in or out are a thing of the past. Discussing the scope of MiFID II with some marke...
'Look and Feel' was a key feature from the early days of Apple's first Macintosh OS, and has lasted within the DNA of windows systems to this day. It has shaded the design of application user interfa...
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/a-slick-concept-for-a-wristband-that-manages-your-manage/?mbid=social_twitter#slide-id-1086161 Token, by Artefact shows a positive step forward in the quest for real tim...
The UK’s new seven day account switching rule, introduced last year, has important implications for customers and banks alike. But does it really herald a revolution in customer relationships in the f...
Around the second week of April, most of the security websites were inundated with news related to an interesting term called "Heartbleed ". I was intrigued by the term and went on to resear...
Having recently returned from sunny Helsinki (with a few light showers!) I thought I would share a quick blog on the 2014 EBA Day conference. Firstly it was bigger and better attended than ever befo...
Late last year, Business Secretary Vince Cable stated he felt the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) wasn’t working and rightly so. Figures from the Bank of England FLS[1] showed that net lending to sma...