1137 Results from 2015
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
If I wanted to crack one of your passwords, I could probably make a series of educated guesses and get pretty close. Why? Because people tend to stick with simple, easy to remember passwords, but these are the passwords that are easy to hack. According to Bill Carey, VP Marketing for the RoboForm Password Manager “Users need to take personal respo...
26 October 2015 /security
Neil Clarke Business Development Director at Volante Technologies
Real time gross settlement (RTGS) has now become the established mechanism by which country and sometimes regional payment infrastructures enable safe settlement of high value payments between banks. Historically the systems have typically used the SWIFT network for the secure transfer of the payment messages and notifications, etc., with the
26 October 2015 /payments
Keith Stonell Managing Director, EMEA at Guidewire
Back in the late Noughties when Solvency II was first conceived, January 1st 2016 must have seemed a long way off. After being pushed back time and time again, this will at long last be the day when the European Solvency II directive comes into place. For the insurance industry in the EU, deadline day is now only months away. If all goes to plan,...
26 October 2015 /regulation
Retired Member
We know of the potential for big data in financial services to detect fraud, to hunt down rogue traders, upsell services – the list is endless. Depending on who you talk to, big data is anything from the key to unlocking unlimited prosperity or a solution in search of a problem. I find such polar debates largely pointless – like all interesting i...
26 October 2015
Tejasvi Addagada Enterprise Data Head at Fortune 500 financial service provider
Do different types of data require different levels of governance? The need is growing for enterprises to leverage disparate internal and external data sources to satisfy growth strategies, reduce risk, and improve service effectiveness. Analytics power many of these prospects. At the same time, organizations appreciate the fact that all sources h...
There’s a problem on the home front: security lapses in the computers of the Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says a report on townhall.com. These departments were recently audited, and weaknesses were revealed. Recently, hackers got into the White House, State Department and the Office of Personnel Management, among other en...
25 October 2015 /security
As of today banking industry has been experiencing most challenging times in its history because of Digital Disruption. Every banker agrees that there is a great risk of losing market share against new Fintech players, which means losing customers, profit and staff soon. Artıficial or not, we all need intelligence for sure – as soon as possible. A...
24 October 2015 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Having just returned from SIBOS where every one was talking about real time and digital payments, my contrarian mind was tempted to think about cash and batch. Cash Cash has existed among humans for 27+ centuries and accounts for about 80% of payments. In addition there are fundamental driving factors such as black economies that rely on cold h...
24 October 2015
If you have made the decision to use a password manager for your personal cybersecurity, which I highly recommend, you will quickly find that you online world is safer, easier and more secure than ever before. According to a recently concluded survey conducted by uSamp and sponsored by Siber Systems, creators of the RoboForm Password Manager, 63% o...
24 October 2015 /security
Innovations in mobile payments is at an all time high. In 2015, I've lost track of the number of new mobile payments related solutions I've come across- both globally and in India. From cab booking apps to grocery ordering apps to hiring a personal assistant to mCommerce for all kinds of spending, there are too many mobile payments solutions / app...
23 October 2015
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