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The cost of know your customer (KYC) programmes is proving to be too much to bear for some of the world’s larger banks. Bankers estimate KYC has increased IT costs in transaction banking by up to 15%....
Nationwide Building Society did well to respond so quickly to last week’s social media campaign. The story and the whole news cycle highlights a new set of risks & challenges for CRM. What makes i...
Mobile bared the brunt of some bad press this week. Firstly, the story that NFC could be compromised through a new app, secondly the charger that could penetrate the iOS operating system and thirdly t...
A YouGov survey, which came out earlier last month, gave a startling insight into UK students’ attitudes towards a career in banking. With just two percent stating that they consider working for a ban...
Equilibrium of front office efficiency and control is important to avoid risks and losses. But the raison d’être of portfolio managers and traders alike is ultimately to grow assets and make money for...
The Role of Service Providers One of the biggest complaints about B2B and perhaps true in the early days is that this method is too expensive for small and medium companies, and that these B2B program...
Every time the topic of mobile wallets comes up, an inevitable conversation always occurs regarding the security of the wallet and the risk of phone theft. What happens when you lose your phone? Doesn...
Smartphones have created a consumer demand for all lifestyle tools to be packaged in one neat space that we keep in our pocket and can access on the go, from any location. Improvements in security an...
Data security is something most of us would prefer to leave to the experts. All we want to know is that our compliance boxes are ticked and no nasty surprises are waiting for us. So, what is your ment...
With the announcment on May 31, 2013 of the updates to einvoicing in Mexico, there is a huge amount of interest - yet one potential failing of many companies. CFD is sunset, there are no "grandfa...
“The future is sooner and stranger than you think” – Reid Hoffman We are now at the cusp of the real Digital Age, an age where the network—the Internet today—becomes an organic entity. Various forces ...
There was an interesting footnote to the FT article on NYSE Euronext's final shareholders' approval of the ICE deal yesterday. It talked about how ICE Clear will be taking over clearing for Liffe as o...