1135 Results from 2009
Retired Member
Rumors continue to swirl concerning the deployment of a Facebook payments system. Recently the company unveiled that it was beta testing (via the VentureBeat and Facebook networks) functionality which would enable users to engage in small transactions using Facebook Credits, the network's nascent virtual currency, via comments to news feed items. ...
28 April 2009 /payments Finance 2.0
The proposal to impose a punitive tax on the impact of pay rises on final salary pensions, which was hidden in the budget, is another breathtaking example of the inability of those in charge to properly understand, and think through, the consequence of what they propose and implement. It is no surprise that so many things go wrong, when the thoug...
28 April 2009 /retail Trends in Financial Services
There are many employers who ban the use of social networking sites during work hours so as to avoid an office of distracted employees. However according to recent research by the University of Melbourne, they may be better off allowing staff to use Twitter or Facebook whilst they work – workers who use the internet for personal reasons at work a
28 April 2009 Women in Technology
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
We are at critical point in our economy - businesses are struggling, public debt is soaring, many banks need support,tax increases are threatening, unemployment is on the rise, budget cuts eat into product development and innovations - just to mention a few. But even worse problems are waiting around the corner - aging population, smaller workfor...
27 April 2009 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Dirk Kinvig Web Services Manager at Finextra
Over at Finextra Towers, We've been working hard behind the scenes to ensure that we keep up with the times and all things Web 2.0. At Finextra.com we have made some recent changes to the news items and blogs pages. We have added the ability to bookmark each item in your Facebook page, so if you see an item that you just have to tell the world abo...
27 April 2009
We have in the EU Commission Expert Group on e-Invoicing seen a constant need to stress that the migration away from manual invoicing can only happen if it based on the simplest possible concepts - otherwise the vast SME sector (63% of turnover) will have real counterarguments - to the detriment both for their larger counterparts (including the pu...
26 April 2009
Stanley Epstein Associate at Citadel Advantage Group
Although the world's financial system is still in dire straits, together with the economies that have been dragged down with them, there seems to be an element of optimism in the air. Perhaps it is the coming of spring that seems to engender new feelings of rebirth and of hope. What is disturbing however is the notion that the worst is behind us a...
26 April 2009 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
I was on CNN this week and CNN also featured Perez Hilton, who was hired by Donald Trump, to judge a beauty contest and Hilton made hateful remarks about Miss Californias beliefs. Perez is a hateful sardonic celebrity critic, and his actions are parallel to others who rant and hate, spew racist comments and even kill. CNN invited me to discuss t
24 April 2009 /security /regulation
Cedric Pariente Stanford Certified Project Manager at EFFI Consultants
Lately I have read a lot of interesting blogs and comments about identity theft. This is obviously a hot topic, Hackers have never been so active and banks have had a hard time keeping up. Prologue: Authentication Basics What is the basic principle of authentication? What are we trying to achieve? Let's take the example of a user who wants to ch
24 April 2009 /security Transaction Fraud Systems and Analysis
Not only are the projected borrowing figures staggering to comprehend, but they are also surely immoral. How can it be that any Government can condemn the population they purport to serve to a lifetime of debt in this way? It should not be possible, in our constitution, for any party to set us on a path like this without having to seek a fresh m...
23 April 2009 /retail Trends in Financial Services
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