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So the venerable old cheque has been singled out and "tapped" for termination - in the UK at least. Of course, in the new world of electronic payments and instantaneous communications, the d...
Branch: The Twists in the Story Continue… Undoubtedly new channels have revolutionized the way people bank. And yet, branch networks thrive. A reality reflected in the discussion topic at a recent con...
Swatting is making prank calls to emergency services. In the field of information security, swatting is an attempt to trick an emergency service (such as a 911 operator) to dispatch an emergency respo...
If the banks vote to abolish cheques without first working through all the relevant scenarios where they are used today, I think they will be performing a huge disservice to the British public. The f...
When Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, I wonder whether he realised the impact this new technology would come to have on people’s lives. Use of this new device wasn’t instantaneous...
Here I was, baggage, family et al, in a new country, waiting to join my new employer. I was excited at the new career that I was about to chart out and was really looking forward to get to my new offi...
The latest Pricewaterhouse Coopers Global Economic crime survey released last week confirms our worst fears. The stinging economic recession has taken economic crime to the 'classes'. Middle and upper...
One hacked email address led to the defacement of Comcasts homepage. When the hackers called Comcasts technical contact to let him know all 200 Comcast domain names and Comcast homepage were vulnerabl...
Good to see the Cgap examines the future and growth of mobile banking customers. Examination toward the Anti Money laundering needs to be addressed to review KYC standard paramters for mobile banking ...
The APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation) 2009 summit upped its efforts last week to strengthen economic integration in the region. While APEC has always strived for greater economic integration i...
Finextra and Caplin Systems recently recorded a webcast looking at how the financial services industry is leveraging RIA technologies and creating a more full service customer experience. The panel ha...
Mules are relatively unaware people who get hooked into a “small business” or employment that is a function of a criminal enterprise. The mules often respond to “help wanted” ads from online job place...