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The Vice-President of the European Commission and EU Justice Commissioner, Vivien Reding, has this week outlined updates to EU legislation for the protection of personal data, following a public cons...
For many financial institutions, the recent ruling in the US holding a bank responsible for fraudulent losses from business accounts has raised a few eyebrows because, traditionally liability has rema...
The European ATM Security Team (EAST) has just published a chart showing the impact on ATM related skimming losses of the rollout of EMV (chip and PIN) at European ATMs. There appears to have been a g...
Since the financial crisis, the relationship between prime brokers and their hedge fund clients has changed significantly. A multi-prime approach has become the norm in the fund management industry to...
We serve all, always and everywhere…now, do you? Looking at the online payment processing propositions of PSP's, one could get the impression that every PSP can serve all, always and everywhere, regar...
The bankers across the globe have different perceptions and definition for customer service. When I talk to them, customer centricity is their primary focus to enhance loyalty. Is the metric for custo...
Recent news coverage and analyst reports* have noted the continued preference of equity options market participants for negotiating complex, sizable options transactions using voice and instant messa
Change is in the air for banks, and it could take the form of mandated increases in capital requirements, as well as new surcharges. Unlike 2008, financial institutions classically deemed “too big to ...
A Greek man walks into your bank looking to extend his mortgage. He currently owes about 45K. He has a modest salary of 12K per year, but unfortunately, he currently gets through 15K, thus overspend
PFM tools started out, you'll recall, as software packages like Intuit Quicken or Microsoft Money, but the latest buzz is around either bank-branded services or bank independent sites such as mint.com...
2010 - Year of the Mobile (finally!) Since at least 1999, each year has produced confident predictions that next year would be the "Year of the Mobile". So it's a relief to finally be able ...
All banks benefit from improvements to the payment market’s efficiency. This is where experienced software professionals can help the payments community achieve more in less time, particularly in comp...