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Direct Debit fraud - the hidden threat

It is commonly accepted that criminals react very quickly to newly-introduced security measures. Perhaps it is not surprising that as new fraud prevention technologies such as Chip and PIN and two-fac...

25 Nov 2010
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The Tyranny of Friction

My kids have the day off today, and they each invited a friend over to "hang out" (we dare not call it a "playdate" anymore). Eventually the question of lunch arose. The question ...

24 Nov 2010
Finance 2.0
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Saab, BMW and Banking

Saab, yes, the car company, has seen quite a bit of turmoil over the last few years. First, there was the takeover by GM and then more recently the sale to Spyker, a Dutch sports car manufacturer. The...

24 Nov 2010
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How do rapid innovations simplify banking customers needs?

With so many banking delivery options, channel innovation should have run out of steam or new ideas. But it’s amazing that its run is still sustaining, fuelled by new technology, consumer evolution a...

24 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
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Who is going to consolidate all the consolidated tapes?

Couldn’t resist a smile this week when I read that NYSE Technologies will be producing a consolidated tape in 2011. This comes hot on the heels of a similar announcement from Thomson Reuters, statin...

23 Nov 2010
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RANCOUR AND 10M EURO BILL FOLLOWS UBS EMAIL ERROR

Ever clicked send on an email, and instantly regretted it? I think we’ve all been there – but perhaps not to the scale of one UBS employee this week, where a small error has created some rather signif...

23 Nov 2010
Information Security
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UK Businesses are Falling Victim to the Same Old Scams

Following recent news that more than two-thirds of companies have been hit by data breaches over the past year, the report featured in Computer Weekly is an interesting, if not alarming, confirmation...

23 Nov 2010
Information Security
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New Incoterms 2010

The New Incoterms 2010 from ICC will come into effect on 1st Jan 2011.2new terms DAP & DAT are being introduced and DES,DEQ,DDU & DAS are being decommisioned from the earlier version of Incote...

23 Nov 2010
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Why don't we check our credit reports?

We all know about identity fraud and the various ways this can happen, but what about the tools to fight identity fraud? Well, there are industry measures in place to stop people’s identities being us...

22 Nov 2010
Information Security
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Aussies ahead, as England dithers...

...mobile banking or The Ashes? Luckily we’re not talking about the Ashes here. According to the latest stats, Australian banks are getting more runs on the board than their UK counterparts by recordi...

22 Nov 2010
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E-invoicing in a subscription and social network economy

Investors are recognising the transformative power of subscription billing and billing using social network strategies, growing to billion dollar industries. After rumours that Paypal was to invest $1...

22 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
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Payments Integration - Qualifier for cross-lane traffic

“Payments Rails" across the world were created on need basis, so specifically not considering the existing / proposed rails in parallel payment business and market. This was rational till a point...

22 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services

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