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Matt White

Biometric cash machines

Interesting story on the BBC Web site about biometric ATMs. They are being used in India to pay illiterate workers who have trouble with the paperwork involved in collecting their wages from the bank...

05 Apr 2007
A Finextra Member

ABN Amro problem was predictable

I blogged here last August, that it was predicted Man in the Middle attacks would defeat tokens, and sure enough here we go. "The bank says that its customers opened an email attachment that res...

03 Apr 2007
Trends in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Mintel need to do a better job

Chicago-based Mintel, a global supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence, report a new study that suggests younger consumers are shunning online banking. Conveniently later in the press re...

29 Mar 2007
Trends in Financial Services
John Doyle

Blogging can hurt your employability

On the BBC World Service yesterday, and today on Silicon.com there comes a new threat to our employment chances - the Blog and other social sites. Apparently HR teams are being encouraged to use the I...

29 Mar 2007
Data Protection Act Issues
Paul Penrose

Steam age security at Halifax

Here’s a story straight out of the steam age of information security. UK high street bank Halifax has been forced to apologise to 13,000 mortgage customers after losing a computer print out containing...

27 Mar 2007
A Finextra Member

Hi tech security defeated by choccies and winning smile

The strangest story of the last couple of days concerns the removal of over 14 million pounds worth of diamonds from a secure vault at ABN Amro in Antwerp. Possibly the biggest robbery carried out by ...

19 Mar 2007
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A Finextra Member

Are all retail banks evil?

I confess I was a little shocked by the revelation that UK banks had dumped customer data in bins and Chris Skinner's blog was an interesting read. I was disappointed to see the Co-operative bank li...

15 Mar 2007
A Finextra Member

The end is nigh as DST approaches

As you probably know, in a departure from previous years, Daylight Saving Time kicks in this weekend in the States following the Energy Policy Act of 2005. While this change isn't quite on the scale o...

09 Mar 2007
Hoss Atri

Payments Security

Payments fraud is no longer a niche or opportunistic fraud. As the scale and sophistication of payment products and channels have grown, so have the threat and magnitude of fraud. Reliable and secure...

06 Mar 2007
Elton Cane

Bank statement as a tool for identity theft

Looks like National Australia Bank (NAB) is the latest bank to fall victim to mail-out problems that compromise customer data. They're not the first, and are unlikely to be the last. The usual bank s...

26 Feb 2007
Trends in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Data protection act issues

Data protections is something that we at Finextra take very seriously and as Finextra's DPA man I’m constantly having to ensure all data we collect and use is properly stored and updated.I’ve set up t...

23 Feb 2007
Data Protection Act Issues
Paul Penrose

It takes one to know one

Headline of the day: 'Fraud-Fighter, Ted Crooks, Joins Global Analytics' Apparently Mr Crooks was a former vice president, Global Fraud Solutions for Fair Isaac Corporation. Well, with a name like tha...

16 Feb 2007

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