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New York to step up assessment of bank cyber-security plans

New York's banks will face new cybersecurity assessments carried out by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), under plans unveiled by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

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Security worries could hamper take-up of Paym P2P m-payments

Nearly half of Brits have no intention of using the bank-backed Paym person-to-person mobile payments service, which launches tomorrow, according to a survey from Consumer Intelligence.

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Americans switch from cheques to cards - Fed

Card payments have soared in popularity in the US over the last 10 years and now account for more than two thirds of all non-cash payments, according to Federal Reserve figures.

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HFT is harmful, say US market participants

More than two thirds of US financial industry participants think that the equity markets are not fair and half consider high-frequency trading harmful, according to a survey from ConvergEx Group.

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Lack of awareness stalling m-banking take-up

A lack of customer awareness could be hindering uptake of mobile banking services around the world, a new survey from BuzzCity suggests.

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Brits wary of crypto-currency; Nakomoto outed?; bitcoin goes to pot

Despite the hype, the vast majority of Brits have no interest in using bitcoin to shop online, with a lack of trust cited as the main barrier to uptake.

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As US card fraud rises, firms increase security spending

US credit card fraud increased last year despite efforts by firms to beef up their security, according to an Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) survey.

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As cyber threat grows, EU regulators warn FS firms on IT budgets

Europe's financial institutions have been told by regulators that they must protect their IT budgets in order to guard against the growing threat of cyber attacks.

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UK mobile banking transactions double in one year

The UK is in the midst of a technology-led banking revolution as Brits shun branches in favour of their mobile phones, figures from the British Bankers Association show.

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IT proves top spending priority for UK FS industry

IT looks set to be the top capital spending priority for the UK financial services industry over the next 12 months, according to a CBI/PwC survey.

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London enjoys fintech investment boom

The UK and Ireland has emerged as the world's fastest growing region for financial technology investment over the last five years as London establishes itself as the fintech capital of Europe.

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Financial markets IT spending to hit $100bn as credit crunch nears end

2018, a decade after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, could prove the end of the financial markets technology credit crunch, with spending breaking the $100 billion barrier, claims analyst house Ovum.

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Bitcoin not a currency but has tech potential - Goldman Sachs

Far from taking off as a new currency, the true value of Bitcoin lies in its potential to transform existing payments networks, say Goldman Sachs analysts in a comprehensive report into the budding crypto-currency.

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Millennials look to tech firms to replace unloved banks

Nearly three quarters of America's millennials would rather go to the dentist than listen to what their banks have to say and are more interested in hearing from tech firms about financial services.

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Americans and Europeans wary of in-store mobile payments - survey

Only a quarter of people in the US and Western Europe are willing to use their mobile devices for in-store payments, according to a survey from Bain & Company.

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FS firms hardest hit by cybercrime - PwC

Financial services firms are far more likely to fall victim to cybercrime than their counterparts in other industries, according to a survey from PwC.

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Banks and capital markets firms to boost compliance spending by 10% - Accenture

Nearly two thirds of European and North American banking and capital markets firms expect to significantly increase their spending on compliance risk management over the next couple of years, according to research from Accenture.

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Africa drives soaring worldwide mobile money adoption - GSMA

More than 60 million people around the world carried out mobile money transactions last June, according to figures from the GSMA, with sub-Saharan Africa leading the charge.

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Internet drives growth in European card fraud - ECB

Card fraud in the Single euro payments area (Sepa) increased in 2012 for the first time in four years, hitting EUR1.33 billion, European Central Bank figures show.

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Global fixed income e-trading sees tepid growth

Electronic trading systems only managed to slightly increase their share of global fixed-income trading volume in 2013, accounting for a quarter of total volume executed, according to a report from Greenwich Associates.