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Not so long ago, I sat in a security meeting at a leading global bank and they told me that to combat phishing concerns and to protect customers, they quite simply do not email them. Well, that wasn’
In a speech the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner outlined three objectives that must be achieved by the pending cross-border guidance and relief in cross-border policy. Th
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) met on 24 June to discuss “vulnerabilities affecting the global financial system and progress in authorities’ work to strengthen global financial regulation.” The
Well I may not have posted for such a long time but I have been receiving my Finextra every day and reading them. One of the good things about being ill is that it gives you time to read and reflect a...
When George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standard’s (PCBS) report, ‘Changing banking for good’ which was set up to right the wrongs of the fina...
Many UK companies within the financial services sector are realising the potential benefits of business process outsourcing (BPO) as an effective way of achieving savings and operating efficiencies, a...
In my previous article concerning Mexico CFDI electronic invoicing, we focused on the logistics and shipping aspects of the CFDI legislation. The lesson learned from that article was: the new laws af...
In the battle for retail banks to reduce costs, services are becoming progressively more automated. Banks are looking to empower customers with the technology to answer their own queries about balance...
Partly because I want to be down with the kids and partly because of my job, I recently took delivery of a lovely new Barclaycard PayTag. This I duly stuck to my phone, as suggested, and prepared to b...
European equity brokers face a number of challenges during the current ‘interim’ between the original MiFID Directive of 2007 and its MiFID 2 successor. And the interim period is unfortunately becomin...
Card fraud across the UK and Europe is on the increase. A recent CIFAS report suggests that in the UK alone, card fraud increased by over 26% in 2012. Pair this with other research which claims that ...