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Valentines day was sealed with a less than loving glitch for retailers this year. Thousands British businesses were left helpless after a technical fault hit their card payments system, on Valentine’s...
It finally happened! Finextra has received it's first notification from Google that one of our articles will no longer be listed on its Euoprean-based search results. This is due to a European data pr...
It is hard to remember back to when a person could only send an SMS to someone else who was using the same Instant Messaging (IM) platform. Interoperability was eventually worked out between IM pla
The term “derisking” has been used in the financial services industry for quite some time, most recently, due to increased regulations. Financial institutions and their boards are discussing how they...
Several people seem to know at least something about Bitcoin. You may think it's going to be the next big thing or think nothing of it. But if you're looking to make a huge investment soon, you would ...
Who needs guns, threatening notes to rob a bank when you can do it with just your fingertips inside your home? A hacking ring in the eastern portion of Europe may be the most successful team of bank r...
Financial Institutions around the world are spending big on “Digital”, but what return on investment are they really getting? What real innovation are they offering? To me, all the mainstream offeri...
There is a massive latent demand for financial services across Africa. This currently involves around 40% of the population, despite the significant progress that has been made across the continent so...
What is catphishing? It certainly isn’t Garfield lazily sitting in a canoe holding a fishing rod. Catphishing is when a fraudster fabricates an identity and tricks someone via cyber communication into...
This blog is really an outcome of the questions/ comments I received on my previous blog on Apple Pay. Every one has essentially 3 main tasks when it comes to payments - pay friends/ relatives/ other ...
Formal checking of user access privileges to data and resources within a financial business is wholly sensible. Indeed, it is strongly mandated by a range of regulatory authorities. But with audits ty...
Is being yourself going to bring about change? Not if the majority of 'selves' don't purposefully drive it! I've blogged before about how firms should find a way to let employees be themselves at wor...