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Continued regulatory pressures and a new wave of technologies are shaping how financial institutions tackle Big Data. However, with so many vendors offering a raft of data management systems, risk man...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) business plan sets out how these risks will be managed in its first year of operation and how it will use its resources effectively to meet its objectives, which ...
Most countries have established e-society strategies aiming at ao providing public sector services via the Internet. Progress has generally been fast with general information sharing - but when it c
As financial crisis looms large, most banks across the globe are showing remarkable alacrity in lapping up the recommendations made in Basel 3 as promulgated by the Basel Committee on Banking supervis...
With the mobile phone hitting 40 this week, it’s amazing to see how far it has come since the first model back in the 70s. With an estimated six billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, we’re seeing mo...
"Lets shake on it" - A handshake has always been the way to seal a deal. It is a human interaction, based on trust and relies on the honor and integrity of the parties involved. Last week an...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a new Q&A on the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) to promote common supervisory approaches on the application of...
Many businesses today are struggling with retaining and growing an ever-fickle customer base and arguably one of the most affected sectors at the moment is that of retail banking. With customer confi...
The news that Bank of the West has introduced a new feature to help customers check account balance without login left me a bit amused and a bit scared. The first thought that comes to my mind is, Are...
"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat." It was Confucius who described the current problem that the payment industry is facing: there...
P Chidambaram’s budget (Indian Finance Minister) gave the biggest surprise in his Budget speech by announcing a public sector bank exclusive for women. Currently in India as per 2012 World Bank Study,...
I have read several articles on the bank/issuer centric approach to the mobile wallet. Sometimes I read what these analysts say and I hang my head in disappointment. Some say the mobile wallet will ne...