989 Results from 2010
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Investopedia defines algorithmic trading as “A trading system that utilizes very advanced mathematical models for making transaction decisions in the financial markets.” Some of these decisions are intended to make money and others serve to save. Let’s examine money making algorithms. Algorithms of this type are commonly the domain of hedge funds a...
08 March 2010
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
Last Friday's afternoon chat with Enrico Camerinelli, senior analyst at Celent - Processes, People and Technology in Global Transaction Banking - talked about strategies for the development of global transaction banking departments in the midst of the credit crunch. The panel, which included representatives from HSBC, Swift, IT/2 and the Cranfield...
08 March 2010 /payments /regulation Data Management 101
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
New Hampshire, USA. “Live Free or Die,” baby. The official state motto emblazoned on every NH license plate has always intrigued. The thought of someone from NH might bring to mind revolutionaries or America militia sympathizers. New Hampshire has come a long way since its motto was created in 1945 and is not much different than most states today....
08 March 2010 /security /regulation
I think one cannot overstate the importance of customer segmentation. Unfortunately, banking segmentation has remained largely unimaginative, with customers being grouped together based on the size of their accounts. While numbers are important, they do not paint a complete or nuanced picture of the customer. True customer understanding comes from...
08 March 2010 /retail
Sriram Natarajan Risk Dog at Credit Risk Fraud Cards Professional
I see them all around the world - the 'boomer babies' - professionals and fat cats who came into existence in boom times. You could spot them everywhere - seminars, conferences, networking and any expensive place. They were the ubiquitous fixers - offering exotic products and services which many of us felt in awe. The awe, of course, turned into s...
06 March 2010
I've been watching a presentation by Zed Shaw (one of the pre-eminent software developers in the Ruby on Rails arena). Ostensibly, it's a presentation about implementing ACLs within a corporate environment (think File Permissions and Document Management Systems), though in reality it's about the relationships between managers and developers. There ...
05 March 2010 Whatever...
Just read this really interesting and thought-provoking article by Gene Steinberg on technightowl.com about the likely implications for Adobe Flex/Flash of Apple not supporting it. Full article here: Now it's inevitable - Flash is dying Also discussed on the SerenDiPity blog. I suspect this has implications for anyone considering building single...
05 March 2010
Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra
Good news for all you news junkies out there. Finextra has introduced a new 'Best of the Web' news feed to sit alongside our regular output of breaking stories from the world of fintech. Much like our Best of the Web blog feed in the Community section (which aggregates content from 21 leading third party blogs), the new service tracks interesting ...
05 March 2010 /retail /wholesale
When Fonzie jumped the shark on his HOG, that spelt the end of Happy Days. The FTC sending a warning to 100 companies and agencies that their employees are leaking client and sensitive data on the web via Peer to Peer file sharing (P2P) is the single most pathetic and embarrassing communication to come across the desk of an IT professional. It’s...
05 March 2010 /security /regulation
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
The ministry of Employment and the Economy has published an extensive study on cost of administrative burden. Some quotes (my emphasis): "The aim of the study was to chart statutory information obligations based on legislation regulating financial reporting, and to assess the related administrative costs and burden imposed on enterprises. Adm...
04 March 2010 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
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