989 Results from 2010
Bob Ford Vice President at Barcays Bank plc
A large majority of attention has been focussed on how Metro Bank has opened 'stores' in London and, in the space of some 3 months, exceeded account take up expectations. It has also been well documented how Metro Bank want to open a large number of 'Stores' around London in the coming 2-3 years. These 'Stores' are open long hours and 7 days a wee...
12 October 2010 /retail
Paul Blank e-Trading Solutions at TradAir
It’s always a good sign, when your competition attempts to copy you. Bond Vision, the bank to client arm of the MTS bond trading platform, yesterday announced the launch of a suite of Single Dealer Pages for fixed income trading from six leading dealers – (similar to the single bank page concept that is already available on Bloomberg). In FX and F...
12 October 2010 Finance 2.0
Retired Member
With banks facing competition not only from within their own sector but also from new corporate entrants such as Tesco, loyalty programmes seem to be more important than ever. I recently read a survey on Brand Keys Loyalty Leaders, which highlighted that people want to engage with brands, but in a meaningful way. A different piece of research from ...
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
Typosquatting, which is also known as URL hijacking, is a form of cybersquatting that targets Internet users who accidentally type a website address into their web browser incorrectly. When users make a typographical error while entering the website address, they may be led to an alternative website owned by a cybersquatter or criminal hacker. Typ...
12 October 2010 /security /regulation
Check fraud is a billion dollar problem. Check fraud victims include banks, businesses and consumers. Our current system for cashing checks is somewhat flawed. Checks can be cashed and merchandise can be purchased even when there is no money in the checking account. There are 5 main forms of check fraud to watch out for: Forged signatures are the ...
Last week, Credit Suisse announced the publication of the Global Wealth Report 2010. It’s an inaugural study which aims to “provide the most comprehensive study of the world wealth”. In contrast with other traditional studies more focused on the very top levels of the wealth pyramid, the 48 pages of the CS Study analyzes the distribution of 200 T...
12 October 2010 /retail /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
US tax authorities released Notice 2010-60 in August and there have been several events and seminars since then trying to make sense of it all. 2010-60 is a set of guidance on how the industry needs to respond to the US HIRE Act Title V - also known as FATCA. Following on the heals of cases like UBS, the US wants all foreign financial institutio...
11 October 2010 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
The international law enforcement operation known as Trident is starting to have ripple effects in the fraud underground. Like the Darknet operation in October 2008, it is certainly a milestone in the minds of Cybercriminals, who feel less safe and anonymous. At least for a while. At first the fraud community shrugged off the arrests as an attempt...
11 October 2010 /security Innovation in Financial Services
The registration numbers have been issued this morning and show about 2,000 delegates from Asia and the Americas. The remainder of the nearly 7,000 delegates are from EMEA. Nothing new in these statistics, but with the pressure on costs and the wide diversity of subject matter at SIBOS will the next couple of years when the show goes through the Am...
11 October 2010 /sibos
We’ve been gearing up for Sibos for a couple of months now and in all our discussions with London-based international bankers, the show’s themes of the three Rs: Regulation, Rebuilding Trust and Recovery, seem to be ringing true. However, it’s also clear that regulatory compliance will be taking the lions’ share of companies’ resources and atte...
11 October 2010 /payments /sibos Finextra@Sibos
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