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Europe - Does it get worse?

This story just will not go away, Portugal, Greece, Ireland - a throw of the dice and millions more pumped into a black hole whilst our fine friends in Brussels are in denial and want to increase thei...

16 Nov 2010
Tim Tyler

Mobile NFC - Don't Leave Home Without It?

Finally we have seen the impetus required to start the mobile NFC ball rolling. There is a strong likelihood that Apple will announce that the next iteration of the iPhone will contain an NFC chip,

16 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

PCI Protects Us All

If you head up a business or corporation that accepts cards for providing a product or service, then you have an important role to play in cutting down on card fraud. This is why a set of rules called...

16 Nov 2010
Uri Rivner

Mother of all Mergers

Imagine Steve Jobs saying Steve Ballmer just called him to say Microsoft decided to stop the development of Windows; that he just received a package containing the entire Windows source code; and that...

16 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
Brett King

Zero-Plastic Banking may be upon us sooner...

Eric Schmidt and the team at Google yesterday announced that they are going to beat Apple at the NFC game and will launch their new phone the Nexus S, code-named Gingerbread, within just 'weeks'. Chec...

16 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
Robert Siciliano

CO. Supreme Court Using a Stolen SS Number is Not ID Theft

I feel like my head is going to explode. The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled “that using someone else’s Social Security number is not identity theft as long as you use your own name with it.” The def...

16 Nov 2010
Bo Harald

Seriously about sustainability

A new study by Maija Tenhunen and Esko Penttinen about the carbon footprint of invoicing reveals that the paper based process generates as much as 450g on average and electronic invoice can go as l...

15 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Finextra's Fantasy Formula One!

Well, it's been a long season and it's over for another year and we have a new Finextra Fantasy Formula one Champion! David Hill, a Database Adminstrator for CQS Management, is our 2010 Champion. Wel

15 Nov 2010
After hours
Robert Siciliano

Using Video To Catch a Nasty Neighbor

Living in the Northeast has its pros and cons. We have the four seasons, great food, entertainment, sports, everything is at your fingertips, and for me it’s where business gets done. Drawbacks includ...

15 Nov 2010
Brett King

How Apple might launch the NFC iPhone5...

I've had a quick shot at a mock-up advertisement of how Apple might launch the next iPhone 5 based on an earlier concept mock-up of what people thought the iPhone 4 might look like. I hope you like i...

14 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
Bo Harald

Milestone reached - for EU and beyond

The Trade Standard Evaluation Group approved the ISO 20022 (UNIFI) standard for electronic invoices on the 29th of October 2010. The opening address by Jorgen Holmquist (Director General at the EU-com...

14 Nov 2010
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

On the brink of entering the Basel III era...

The Seoul G20 summit should be the final step before we enter in the “Basel III era”. This set of regulations will mark one of the most significant developments since the original Basel accord in 1988...

12 Nov 2010

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