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Most Financial Institutions have been very slow in upgrading themselves with new technologies. Obviously they cannot do frequent upgrades BUT all of them should regularly review their existing system
Every major financial crisis has generated significant change in how the Capital Markets industry operates. Examples include: • Mandatory trading halts introduced after the crash of 1987 to preve
The charging of the individuals involved with the US retail ID theft is great news for business. However, it is also bad news. Why? Because, this basic problem should not have happened. It is irreleva...
Dan Kaminsky finally went public yesterday on the DNS flaw at his presentation at Black Hat and shed light on what was the largest synchronized security update in the history of the Internet. He has ...
Underperforming Security Vendors I know, I try to give it to you gently but someone has to ask. Chris Skinner described it as 'massive' and he was understating it. The latest 'revelation' - a decade l...
It may come to a shock to you women out there, but according to a survey by pre-employment screening firm Powerchex, women graduates are 25% more likely to lie on their CV than men. Research has show...
For a mere 999.99 USD you can splash out on the "I am rich" iPhone app that displays an image of a gem. The developer claims it to be a work of art. I thought it was a hoax - but there it i...
Finally! After a seeming eternity of a slow, clunky phone experience Apple have released an update. And it's early days but it seems to be back to its old self. Responsive and speedy. Apple have made ...
The UK Faster Payments initiative may have been delayed, but its implementation will revolutionise electronic payments within the UK and heralds a fundamental re-structure of the way the industry appr...
Japanese business culture is big on individuals stepping up to take responsibility for mistakes that have resulted in their organisation losing face. TSE executives taking a salary cut over the latest...
I look back over 100 blogs I've written and have a look at the major issues discussed. Faster transactions, security, identity and whether smart cards or mobiles or a mixture of both would be the best...
News came recently of a ‘rogue’ computer engineer who locked administrators out of San Francisco’s computer network by changing the master password. Even after being sent to jail, he would not divulge...