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Chi-X Liquidnet and AXE ECN For Share of Oz?

The Australian government has removed a significant hurdle which made it difficult for competitors to enter the excange market in Australia when they removed the ASX's powers of supervision over broke...

24 Aug 2009
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Bo Harald

Socio-technical landscape

We should be today promoting common-sensical solutions for sense-making business. Are we? Maybe not… at least not often enough. The socio-technical landscape has changed so fast and we are still pris

23 Aug 2009
Innovation in Financial Services
Robert Siciliano

A Glorious Week of Identity Theft

If there was ever a week to get high, totally drunk, on information security and identity theft scammers and hackers, then this is it! Media outlets everywhere have been pumping out story after story

22 Aug 2009
Bo Harald

54 billions in Germany - too much or not enough?

Deutsche Bank Research report came out with this cost saving figure - referring to research at Hanover University. Is it too much - or not enough? The answer is yes... 1. If you only think about cost...

22 Aug 2009
Innovation in Financial Services
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Will investment banks have to embrace SCV?

The idea of a single customer view (SCV) is something that retail banks have been kicking around for a while, and on which the FSA in January of this year proposed banks should invest around £1bn (Com...

21 Aug 2009
Robert Siciliano

Criminal Hackers Clean Out Bank Accounts, Spear Phishing

It wasn’t long ago that most phishing emails were from a supposed Nigerian General Matumbi Mabumboo Watumboo. And you and I were flattered that we were the chosen ones to help the general transfer 35 ...

20 Aug 2009
Robert Siciliano

Social Media Banned, Creates Identity Theft Risk

The Marines recently banned soldiers from using social media sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. This is for two reasons. First, because they fear that these sites’ lack of security may allow...

20 Aug 2009
Matt White

In an electronic world, the trading floor still has a place

Over at Seeking Alpha, Ray Pellecchia from Nyse offers a nice little lesson on the dangers of putting all your eggs into the e-trading basket. A couple of days ago, before the market opened, a custom...

20 Aug 2009
Stephen Wilson

Hotel databases and identity thieves

Hotel databases are a fantastic target for identity thieves. Hotels don't just hold credit card numbers and billing addresses (which are held for weeks in advance of a stay and for weeks afterwards t...

19 Aug 2009
Keith Appleyard

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated

Over the past twenty years, DNA analysis has revolutionised forensic science, and has become a dominant tool in law enforcement. DNA evidence is key to the conviction or exoneration of suspects of var...

19 Aug 2009
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Are there lessons for UK banks in the Spanish experience?

At the end of July, Banesto, BBVA and Santander reported very positive Q2 results; BBVA described them as “its best ever” and Santander’s UK profits are up by 30%. So, what are they getting right that...

18 Aug 2009
Innovation in Financial Services
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BADvertising To Go Privacy To Rule

While the amounts of data which have been collected on your personal internet activities will provide research fodder for marketers into the next decade the practise is soon to come to an end. Investo...

18 Aug 2009
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