1135 Results from 2009
Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra
Credit to Reuters' blogger Felix Salmon for picking this one up from the Post Secrets blog. The secret story of Thomson Reuters new logo, as told by a disaffected design team member:
16 November 2009 /wholesale Whatever...
Retired Member
Given my fairly loud views about green browser bars and snake oil (in case you haven't read them - basically I put them on a par with the guys who sell those pills alleged to make one's parts bigger). I don't have a great deal of faith in them and I'm well endowed enough already. This didn't stop Verisign from sending me a suspicious email: "...
16 November 2009 Whatever...
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
I’ve been getting the same “direct message” from several of my Twitter followers. Apparently, their accounts have been hacked, because it’s a phishing message that says, “ROFL this you?” and contains a shortened URL. The link leads to a page that resembles Twitter’s log in page. The web address is /videos.twitter.zoltykatalogfirm/. Don’t go there. ...
16 November 2009 /security /regulation
Given the level of malware we see evading virtually every anti-virus or security fix internet banking has never been less safe. At present the most sensible course of action is to put a freeze on your credit file, switch the majority of your funds a non-internet account and use cash. If the only one who knows about your account is you and the bank ...
15 November 2009 Whatever...
Cedric Pariente Stanford Certified Project Manager at EFFI Consultants
What would you do if you could make millions with a 1 shot investment on 2010? Well, I'm going to tell you what you should do... WAKE UP!!! Investing is not for everyone. There is no free lunch. There are several rules to follow if you don't want to end up like a drunk guy after a crazy night gambling at the casino. If you don't know the rules, you...
15 November 2009 /regulation Online Banking
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
The EC Expert Group on e-Invoicing has approved its Final Report. It will be published in within the next weeks. The work has involved a total of close to 60 experts over nearly two years and has already had a significant effect on the activities both in the market uptake, in the standardization area and in the regulatory simplification and unifi...
15 November 2009 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Anti-virus protection, critical security patches and a secure wireless connection have always been essential processes on my networks. My main concern has always been to protect my bank account by keeping the bad guy out. In my presentations, I’ve always stressed the importance of making sure your wireless connection is secured, to prevent skeevy s...
14 November 2009 /security /regulation
Two news items came out this week that caught my attention and got me thinking. The first was a report from LexisNexis - the 2009 LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study. The shocking headline figure in this report was that US merchants are paying $100 billion in fraud losses due to unauthorized transactions and fees/interest associated with chargeba...
13 November 2009 /payments Information Security
From a fintech point of view, on this Black Friday the 13th, let us all check if "Iwantoneofthose.com" has a USB device to fly a flag at half mast in honor of the Madoff programmers, Jerome O'Hara and George Perez. Madoff is in jail, his right hand man awaiting sentencing, his auditor and many (probably not enough) of his middlemen and
13 November 2009 /security /regulation
Matt White North America editor at Finextra
A few weeks ago David Roodman, research fellow at the Centre for Global Development, kicked up a bit of a storm when he posted a lengthy blog raising concerns about the transparency displayed by micro-lending site Kiva. You can read the post here, Kiva CEO Matt Flannery's response here, a NY Times article here, another Flannery response here an...
13 November 2009 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
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