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I know enough about hacking to make all of my software un-usable, mess up my operating system, and crash my PC. I also know enough about hacking to re-install my operating system, re-install all my so...
It's always sad to see job losses on this scale and (if it's correct) the Finextra calculation that Royal Bank of Scotland has cut 22,600 jobs since the crisis began, helps provide an indication of th...
There is still time to register for our upcoming webcast Latency and Liquidity - The future of electronic trading, sponsored by IBM and suppoerted by the FISD. We have a great panel assembled and we ...
As President Obama was gearing up last month to push further reforms for the finance sector through congress, the sector lobbyists were also gearing up for a battle of PR wits to try to prevent chang...
Preface to Final Report “Europe is facing major challenges in the coming years as its enterprises and public sector need to become both significantly more productive and environmentally friendly. Thes...
New York police have served warrants dozens of times to an elderly couple looking for suspects the couple has no knowledge of. “Police have knocked on their door 50-plus times since the couple moved ...
ATM skimming is approaching a billion-dollar issue. ATM skimming is happening coast to coast and there seems to be no end in sight. Skimming devices have been found recently at ATMs at a Bank of Amer...
We can fix this thing, but we won’t because we don’t want to be inconvenienced. I’m introduced to amazing technologies every week that will stop this. All they need is government support and system wi...
EuroMoney has just released the results of the 2010 FX Survey (sorry it’s subscription based). 2010 FX Share Top 10 ranking (2009) 1. Deutsche Bank (1) 2. UBS (2) 3. Barclays Capital (3) 4. Citi (5)...
On a roadshow in Asia recently, while talking to our transaction banking and corporate customers, I was struck by how flat the world of Supply Chain Finance seems to have become. On the one hand, the...
Never mind 'beware Greeks bearing gifts' how about 'beware Greece setting off a chain reaction'? It's been the unthinkable but in the great land of WhatIf, what if Greece set off a chain of events to ...
From the beginning, banks have protected their online banking businesses with basic authentication methods that required users to log-in with a username / ID number and a password to verify their iden...