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Telly-Teller ATM from IBM or a mobile in your pocket?

I think the telly-teller is a great initiative to cope with unexpected in-branch demand, but if banks misuse it there could be repercussions. I don't want sensory overload from an honour guard of bes...

15 May 2008
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Virtual Tellers? What about all that investment in the ATM?

Am I missing the point here? Most teller capabilities are already available at advanced functionality ATMs and self-service devices. The reason that many people still use the teller to conduct these b...

14 May 2008
A Finextra Member

SWIFT Ready Gold for ISO 20022

As we see the push for ISO 20022 gather momentum many questions begin to take hold and one can look at previous like projects and learn from what was considered a success and things that did not go so...

14 May 2008
Sriram Natarajan

Prompt responses to tragedies - by the wrong guys!

We have seen two major natural calamities in the past week -cyclone in Myanmar and an earthquake in China. The Internet is abuzz with relief measures and donation outpourings. A lot is being made of t...

14 May 2008
Stephen Wilson

Responding regionally to credit card fraud

My first reaction to the news of Citi's special concierge (in which a reliable intermediary facilitates Singaporean online shoppers using US web stores) was, well, someone's going to be paying a nice ...

14 May 2008
A Finextra Member

Bank of Mars announce 'Wally the Robot' valet purchasing

Mars News 2015 Citi read first Due to a total failure of trust in financial instruments, HomoDuoCerebrus Inc, makers of military grade humanoid warrior robot 'Wally the Robot' has teamed up with th...

14 May 2008
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Advanced Thinking in Action with RIM RBC, Thomson Reuters

When I first saw this announcement on finextra I wondered a moment about a previous blog where I mentioned a letter telling me I'd won an award of a million dollars. I'm sure a few mobile technology d...

13 May 2008
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

How to make stolen laptops rescue themselves

Following on from my post yesterday about miscreants being photographed by the laptop they had stolen, I had an email this morning from Bart Frederix at Swift who brought Undercover to my attention....

13 May 2008
A Finextra Member

Thieves nabbed by stolen Macbook

Ah - a genuine feel good story from the New York Times. Two would-be thieves made off with a selection of high-tech kit from a shared apartment, including an Apple laptop. When said item was spotted o...

12 May 2008
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A Finextra Member

Replacing ISO15022

The news that four of the securities industries most influential standards bodies are collaborating, would normally bring about very loud applause from me but I find myself really concerned about what...

12 May 2008
A Finextra Member

Pandora's Box is here with the Internet - Words into action

I have come to the realisation that the internet really is Pandora's Box, in the sense that it contains many things, but more importantly it's like a magic box that even if you don't see what you want...

12 May 2008
Whatever...
Paul Penrose

Finextra equals community

Financial Insights has issued a briefing note on the social networking phenomenon and the opportunities and threats posed to financial institutions. The study seeks to provide a framework that define...

12 May 2008
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