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What's interesting about the DoCoMo mobile payment technology referenced in this recent story, and what differentiates it from many other m-payment initiatives operating elsewhere in the world, is th...
I have read several articles in the financial press recently that so obviously regurgitate old press clippings. This laziness on the part of journalists leads to some regular and common inaccuracies,...
Addled BlackBerry users looking to indulge their inclinations or control their CrackBerry habits now have a Website on which to find both a fix and a cure. CrackBerry.com offers help forums, beginner...
Well the answer is obviously yes, I do. Particularly when it throws up in that Hitch Hicker’s Guide to the Galaxy, maximum improbability drive way a gem like “Managers Say the Majority of Information...
At MPIE we recently provided input to a whitepaper from NetApp - a leading unified storage solutions supplier - on compliance trends and how to reduce the risk and costs of their impact. I will leave ...
Unfortunately, it seems likely that ING's 'ourvirtualholland' may have to contend with some of the issues found in 'ourrealamsterdam' - take a look at this news report from Reuters' Second Life colum...
Looks like National Australia Bank (NAB) is the latest bank to fall victim to mail-out problems that compromise customer data. They're not the first, and are unlikely to be the last. The usual bank s...
ING has made a serious stab at extending its presence beyond the realms of the physical world by announcing plans to open a Dutch mini state in screen-based 3-D universe Second Life. In making the mo...
Data protections is something that we at Finextra take very seriously and as Finextra's DPA man I’m constantly having to ensure all data we collect and use is properly stored and updated.I’ve set up t...
It’s déjà vu all over again. An imminent early switch to daylight savings time in the US is raising fears of a Y2K-style disruption to date-sensitive computer applications. And the problems could exte...
It seems appropriate to start blogging about UK Faster Payments (UKFP), the scheme to provide cheaper and easier "near real-time" via internet and phone banking, by a reference to the most ...
EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy says the dream of a single Europe-wide rule book for equity market trading runs the risk of becoming a "practical nightmare", as euro zone re...