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The demand for real-time information in today’s banking and finance world is constantly growing. There has always been a need for real-time data on the trading desk of course, but that requirement is ...
No company is immune from hackers—even a toy company. Hong Kong based VTech got hit by a hacker recently. This company makes techy educational toys for kids, and its database got breached. Customers g...
To be in great compliance and business shape, banks need to get fit at a granular level Regulators are scrutinising credit exposures like never before and conducting deeper market surveillance. Take t...
In Elizabeth Lumley's Blog on Jan 6th "Fix the Infrastructure of Finance or Die" she compares the broken rail system to similarities in the infrastructure of finance. To follow the railroad...
With much of the new financial regulation being passed and implementation for most of it in full swing, supervision is likely to gain more attention in the coming years. Since investment firms and inf...
Over the last decade fragmentation has become the defining characteristic in the global FX market. While most of the focus has been on fragmentation at the point of price discovery and trade executio...
Last year, criminals used new strains of malware to steal £20 million from UK banking customers, highlighting the dangers of such viruses in a very high-profile way. The use of Dridex malware to infe...
We are fast heading into a World where vending machines can automatically pre-order and pay for the delivery of soft drinks before they run dry. Musicians may be able to record and publish rules on
BITCOIN’S ACCELERATING MOMENTUM Bitcoin’s momentum is accelerating and cannot be ignored. Many commentators focus on the price of bitcoin, its volatility, the amount invested by VCs in Bitcoin compani...
"Estimated counts from different regional and global lists puts the existing number of fintech startups at anywhere between 5,000 to 6,000 companies, all vying for market share in different sub s...
On 23rd of December 2015, Finextra has selected the five most read blogs in 2015, two of which are Digital Banking Tips (Digital Marketing and Mobile Security). This is such a great honour on my side,...
There's a lot of debate about banks; their involvement with FinTech startups and what that should look like to avoid being disrupted. I believe it should look like this (scroll to bottom of page) New...