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I am confused. I can't help but wonder what is real, and what actually has a human behind it (in the normal sense, I know some human is behind everything). The internet started out as a sort of twitte...
One thing that hackers have worked out is that the financial system is all smoke and mirrors running on hot air. It doesn't take much experience at the exploit level to realise that you can just print...
Privacy issues and identity theft in social media are a growing concern. Most people who post their personal information about themselves do not recognize the potential consequences of their actions, ...
There are various guilt trips that people across the world have - vegans on animal cruelty, 'greenies' ,.... and now looks like even the hi tech items we use on a day to day basis are tainted with blo...
Here at Finextra we often cover clever, tech-driven scams dreamt up by criminals looking to part people from their money. Sometimes though, the simpler a plan the better, as a gang of crooks in Uganda...
News Flash: "US Forest Service Study Determines - Bears ARE Dangerous" "U of M Survey Confirms - Employees Would Be Happy With Shorter Work Hours at the Same Pay" "Department ...
Technology has a way of being disruptive. I mentioned some little gadgets from Fusion-io which can turn your desktop screamer into a 2TB 1 Gigi per second screamer. Some of the server arrays out there...
Regulators had hoped that the SEPA Cards Framework would drive industry competition. Indeed, they imagined that Europe’s national card bodies, struggling to survive under SEPA, would club together to ...
Always one to beat a dead cause célèbre, I thought I call around a few marketers at high street banks to see what they thought of the recent analyst report from Morgan Stanley. The one that listed the...
To innovate successfully in the financial services landscape a strong, profitable business case is an imperative. In these uncertain economic times, banks will look more than ever for business models...
For a Swift geek like me, the publication of the co-operative’s annual report offers a rare opportunity to gauge the mood of the executive committee and the board ahead of the annual user conference. ...
· What’s the latest balance? · What’s arrived that I’m not expecting? · Has what I’ve paid settled? · What’s in the queues? · How are my counterparties performi...