4483 Results from /regulation
Retired Member
If I send snail mail, I have four worries. One is did other party get it? Second is did he read it. Thirdly did he send me letter back and did I get it. Finally, do I really know that signature I get it is real. Same goes for fax. Still many banks and other organizations do send lot of documents as paper format. They don't see any risks. But when...
07 April 2011 /regulation /retail
There has been a lot of news in the media recently about identity theft and whether identity theft protection services are a necessary purchase. One of the claims is that identity fraud isn’t as big a problem as many organisations allege and therefore products to insure against the crime aren’t necessary. I’m not going to discuss the latter – you c...
07 April 2011 /security /regulation Online Banking
There is a regulatory onslaught approaching from both sides of the Atlantic and Asia, that will have a profound impact on the OTC derivatives market. However, with the Dodd-Frank reform in the US and the deadline for compliance nearing, there is still a significant amount of uncertainty around what the final implementation of the regulation wil
06 April 2011 /regulation
Keith Appleyard IT Consultant at available for hire
I recall some 25 years ago being told via e-mail to change the Bank Account that my employers Direct Debits would be credited to from a High Street branch of Lloyds to one in a small local village with a population of less than 1,000. When I kicked up a stink requesting higher authority (we were talking about £700,000 a week even in those days) at ...
05 April 2011 /security /regulation Whatever...
I've worked with Epsilon on a few occasions over the years. Hilton Hotels has outsourced all of the processing associated with their HiltonHonors Loyalty program to Epsilon, which includes having your Credit Card details on file to back up any paid Reservation you make. Hilton has contacted me already. IDG News Service has confirmed that the follo...
With not long to go until the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the US becomes effective, there still remains great uncertainty as to how regulation of the global OTC derivatives marketplace will finally be implemented. As it stands, there are inconsistent timeframes between the various OTC clearing regulatory framework...
04 April 2011 /regulation
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
A thief hacked into a woman’s checking account and used her daughter’s name on an electronic check to pay for an online porn subscription. The FBI believes this is a relatively new scam, with reports coming in from across the country. The little girl isn’t a signer on the account, but the bank cashed the check for $29.95 made out to a porn company...
02 April 2011 /security /regulation
Your spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, or partner just headed out to do errands without logging out of his or her email account. The computer’s sitting right there. Would you feel compelled to check it out? According to a recent study, there’s a good chance that you will eavesdrop on your significant other’s cell phone and email conversations. 38% of...
There’s a lot of talk right now about regulation in the OTC derivatives market – and rightly so. Both Dodd-Frank in the US and the proposed European Market Infrastructure Regulations (EMIR) in Europe carry restrictions for those trading these lucrative instruments. Many fund managers are worried about the impact that these restrictions will have o...
31 March 2011 /regulation
Basel III regulations are attempting to bring back some the much-needed checks and balances in the Finance Industry so that we do not see a repeat of 2008 crisis. The set of guidelines is all about re-establishing the rules to ensure a brighter future for the global economy. I’m pro-Basel III. After all, no one wants to experience the 2008 financi...
30 March 2011 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
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