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Want to start a hedge fund? It’s easy right? You open an office in Mayfair, employ some of best talent in the industry and get trading. So how difficult can it be? It’s a topic I have debated over w...
This proves beyond doubt that social media has come to stay. In this digital world, one sees virtual groups, meeting in virtual locales. Marketing, in this virtual market place is inexpensive and prov...
The publication last week of the latest Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) data on complaints sparked the usual ruckus, and understandably so. New cases for the FOS soared by 26 per cent in the year to...
The EU Commission’s proposals on end dates for SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) and SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) have been widely publicised. These could be as early as 2012 and 2013 – although I would question ...
As more businesses move to "the cloud," one sector has generally remained a hold-out – banks. Financial institutions have been slow to rely on third-party cloud services, mainly due to perce...
Every time I get new service or new card, I get new user name and new PIN code. As it is written in many data security manuals, never store your codes next to computer, mobile device or similar places...
As I ask the question I can hear the thud of exasperation from overworked network administrators. Surely not another awareness day or preparatory day for the masses; haven’t network administrat
LCH.Clearnet are evidently repelling all borders with a number of unknown organisations (but we can make a very good calculated guess at who they are) pitching to buy the Clearing House. This is a sen...
Recent events have really let the cat out of the bag with all sorts of unknown actors likely to have access to your secure....ha hermm....token. Not just the usual types. Oils aint oils, when it comes...
So, Sony got hacked. Again. According to Lulzsec, the collective who hacked internal Sony networks and websites, they compromised over 1 million accounts, including admin details and passwords, along ...
Specifications for all sorts of things have multiple options on how they are implemented, and the EMV standard used in the world of payments cards is no exception. There are several options on how you...
If you didn’t know it already, here’s confirmation. A global research firm predicts that financial services’ spending on governance, risk and compliance (GRC) will enjoy double digit growth over the n...