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Consumer card transactions overtook cash payments for the first time in 2016, according to Euromonitor. Moving away from cash and checks is a signal of modernizing economies, more efficiency and less...
On December 1, 2016 the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its Mutual Evaluation Report of the US Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) Measures. While the report ...
Forex trading is setup to be a mobile business. Because of modern advancements, it gives everyone the opportunity to go online and earn from anywhere around the world. Considering this type of work en...
As is so often the case with some of the lengthy documents that make up the Shakespearean drama that is the MiFID II implementation, the devil is in the detail. The technical standards on position li...
After a hectic 2016, chief risk officers will be hoping for a quiet wind-down to the year and a high-performing, risk-managed 2017. But what do they need this Christmas in order to have a successful 2...
Commercial card payments have failed to take off, despite significant potential benefits for suppliers, buyers, and card providers. Today, only some 2% of global business spend is captured on card. Ne...
Cyberattacks and breaches have grown in frequency, and losses are on the rise. In 2015 the number of U.S. data breaches continued to break records with 781 reported where the number of records exposed...
This was originally posted November 21, 2016 in the TradeTalk blog on TT's web site. Share Here we are again. Just when we all thought we had it figured out, the election whizzed on the electric fenc...
So, what will the branch of the future be like? There is no single answer to this question. Each bank will define its own model, depending on its DNA, its target socioeconomic segment(s), its geograph...
The internet looks set to advise many aspects of our lives from the moment we wake up in the morning until the moment we go to sleep. Even the humble toaster can be connected to a wireless network whi...
Only a few months ago, blockchain was considered a bit geeky, and known mainly in crypto-hacking and techno-banking circles. Critics said it was a technology in search of use cases. Whilst it’s hardly...
We need to accelerate TMS roadmaps and increase the agility of the big investments we’ve made in these systems As the backbone of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) deployments for more than 15 years now, ...