1013 Results from 2011
Keith Appleyard IT Consultant at available for hire
I recall some 25 years ago being told via e-mail to change the Bank Account that my employers Direct Debits would be credited to from a High Street branch of Lloyds to one in a small local village with a population of less than 1,000. When I kicked up a stink requesting higher authority (we were talking about £700,000 a week even in those days) at ...
05 April 2011 /security /regulation Whatever...
Retired Member
iManage is just idea or imaginary product, but it would be good to test if this could make more sense, at least for SME or individuals when talking about e-invoice solutions. As there are so many solutions to receive and pay e-invoices, I had opportunity to talk with other Finextra member some months ago about idea of how there should be one soluti...
05 April 2011 /payments Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
I've worked with Epsilon on a few occasions over the years. Hilton Hotels has outsourced all of the processing associated with their HiltonHonors Loyalty program to Epsilon, which includes having your Credit Card details on file to back up any paid Reservation you make. Hilton has contacted me already. IDG News Service has confirmed that the follo...
Martin Bailey Technology Product Director at Temenos
It may not be everyone’s idea of a fun Saturday night, but my wife disappearing to the theatre with her friends offered a rare opportunity to catch up with the backlog of recorded TV programs that have been slowly building up. The most interesting of these programs (although not the most cheerful) was something called “Life after Armageddon”. The ...
04 April 2011
Two important new EU directives are encouraging new and significant competition in consumer payments. The transposition of the 2nd E-money Directive into the laws of individual EU states must be completed by the 30th of April this year. The Payment Services Directive has already been transposed. Both directives are lowering the barriers to entry
04 April 2011 /payments
In order to make compliance with PCI DSS requirement 3, “Protect stored cardholder” data and requirement 4, “Encrypt transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks” easier, merchants around the world have been reaching for end-to-end encryption solutions. But how do you know if you are using a “good” end-to-end encryption solution (o...
04 April 2011 /security /payments
With not long to go until the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the US becomes effective, there still remains great uncertainty as to how regulation of the global OTC derivatives marketplace will finally be implemented. As it stands, there are inconsistent timeframes between the various OTC clearing regulatory framework...
04 April 2011 /regulation
At our recent European client conference, our polls demonstrated that an overwhelming majority of corporates are now demanding e-invoicing services from their banks. When asked: “If you could easily send an e-invoice as a request for payment to any of your customers through your bank network, would you be more likely to use e-invoicing?” 85% of co...
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
A thief hacked into a woman’s checking account and used her daughter’s name on an electronic check to pay for an online porn subscription. The FBI believes this is a relatively new scam, with reports coming in from across the country. The little girl isn’t a signer on the account, but the bank cashed the check for $29.95 made out to a porn company...
02 April 2011 /security /regulation
Your spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, or partner just headed out to do errands without logging out of his or her email account. The computer’s sitting right there. Would you feel compelled to check it out? According to a recent study, there’s a good chance that you will eavesdrop on your significant other’s cell phone and email conversations. 38% of...
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