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Transliteration in finance - the elusive babel fish is here

One of the more intriguing developments this year to hit the front line is dynamic language conversion. Welcome. Wilkommen. Bienvenue. That is just the beginning, try doing it for dozens of langauges ...

09 Sep 2008
Innovation in Financial Services
Jonathan Rosenne

Could EMV have prevented the TJX breach?

I quote from the Boston Globe: "In one of the first interviews by a top TJX executive following a record security breach, vice chairman Donald G. Campbell told the Globe that the US payment syste...

08 Sep 2008
Trends in Financial Services
Paul Penrose

Bad timing at the LSE

Chi-X chief Peter Randall must be having a field day. Just three weeks ago he warned that the LSE's decision to lower its pricing in advance of plans to upgrade capacity on its shiny new TradElect pla...

08 Sep 2008
Finexpo
Steve Ellis

The financial services industry flavoured TechCrunch50

TechCrunch published its TechCrunch 50 finalists in sync with its conference opening today. At first glance, of interest to anyone looking for Web 2.0 in financial services are: Shryk (CB) — Web-bas...

08 Sep 2008
Finance 2.0
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So good, it's a waste of time

So good, it’s a waste of time: why banks and corporates need a common language If a colleague were to appraise your work with the words “this is so great, it’s a waste of time”, you might be offended

08 Sep 2008
Financial Supply Chain
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Recession Vultures

The increasingly dismal markets are presenting a unique opportunity for those with cash to shop for distressed securities that will potentially increase in value again. Case in point: John Paulson.

08 Sep 2008
Trends in Financial Services
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Personal data trading totally out of control?

Recent insight into the extent of consumer personal data available for sale has shocked German authorities into emergency meetings to enact stronger new data protection laws. Like their U.S. counterpa...

07 Sep 2008
Whatever...
A Finextra Member

Has Google made a serious miss-step over privacy?

If you haven't seen the original chrome user agreement and didn't know the background political maneuvers on internet privacy you might not be aware of the relevance that it has to the tech giants. Go...

06 Sep 2008
Whatever...
A Finextra Member

Going to Sibos - take your camera!

If you're going to Sibos you'd be mad not to take your camera - particularly as you can now share your pictures with the world via Finextra - so here are a few tips for taking more interesting picture...

05 Sep 2008
Finextra@Sibos
Paul Penrose

Cisco's giant phone

This is impressive technology. You can see it in action on this Cisco promo vid on You Tube. And no. I'm not on a retainer.

05 Sep 2008
Video extravaganza
Alex Noble

CRM, a way of banks gaining business in a recession?

I'm always suspicious of vendor surveys but this survey from SAP, reported on Finextra, rather caught my eye. It's entitled "European and Middle Eastern banks look to invest in CRM" and foc...

05 Sep 2008
Paul Penrose

How to slow down Faster Payments

In a last-ditch effort to avoid incurring another exorbitant penalty fee at my bank for (once again) overstepping my overdraft limits I authorised a transfer from my Internet-based savings account wit...

05 Sep 2008

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