1135 Results from 2009
Retired Member
So ... The other day I tried to use my Tesco Finest Platinum Turbo-Nutter credit card, and the transaction was declined. Happens to the best of us I know, but it is paid off every month, and I had received text notification from First Direct that the debit had been made. I called the Customer Services at Tesco and was told that they could see th...
22 December 2009 /payments
The Outsourcing Paradigm What is the reason that many organisations do not pursue any form of outsourcing as a means to drive cost reduction and efficiency improvement? Could it be that past experience directs their thinking to major outsourcing projects using one of the leading vendors? Whilst major outsourcing projects deliver substantial benefit...
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
In 2003, an estimated 1.5 million laptops were stolen worldwide. Today, that number has climbed to 2.6 million. That’s a 70% increase in just a few years. That’s one stolen laptop every 12 seconds. Laptop computers have been the source of some of the biggest data breaches of all time. 800,000 doctors were recently put at risk for identity theft whe...
22 December 2009 /security /regulation
Nick Ogden Chairman at Ogden Research
As we sit back and relax this Christmas a topic of conversation that is likely to rear its head over the festive Ogden dinner table will likely be the demise of the cheque. With several generations at the table it will be interesting to hear the different perspectives and reactions to the news, especially between the grandchildren and grandparent
21 December 2009 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
The State Treasury sent out letters to 16 000 suppliers to the public sector last week to remind them of the fact that only electronic invoices will be accepted as of 1.1.2010. The deadline for paper and unstructured PDF was announced already in the beginning of 2009 - and hinted to much earlier - so there has been time to take widely available low...
20 December 2009 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
We often hear the tragic tale about the SME-sector. Nobody is really interested in them and is competing for their business. Not the banks, not insurance companies, not the accounting profession, not telecom and so forth. The answer is simple - as they are so small they have small volumes = low transaction, financing, insurable and wealth volumes =...
20 December 2009 /payments /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
The Russians song by Sting was released in 1985, a year after Tom Clancy’s Hunt for Red October. No one could have guessed that within a couple of years, Perestroika and Glasnost would begin to defreeze the US-Russia relations. The Soviet Union collapse in 1991 marked the end of the 45-years-long cold war, and Tom Clancy had to look for other theme...
18 December 2009 /security Online Banking
With a new year (and a new decade approaching), it is time to look at what will be the next innovative technology in banking and loyalty. This year, banks have recognised more than ever, the need for loyal customers and the role that loyalty programmes have in maintaining the commercial health of a business. As I look ahead, I see 2010 bringing ...
18 December 2009
Is this new service a mine of information for anybody that wants to access valid payment card numbers in order to use these for fraudulent on-line purchases? Or is the service PCI compliant thus making it impossible for anybody to access or use the underlying card number including the administrator of the service? If yes, card numbers can be stol...
Our “Online Banking community group” has accomplished 2 years of blogging on 18th Decemeber 2009. Wishing happy anniversary - for every group member. By this time, many blogs have been written on various subjects such as online banking, Mobile banking, Retail Banking, Channels, new generation technologies, payments, Financial scams, security, risk...
18 December 2009 /retail Online Banking
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