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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Bank Account depleted, Company sues

Is it Bank of America’s fault that a hospital was hacked and lost over a million dollars? Chelan County Hospital No. 1 certainly thinks so, reports an article on krebsonsecurity.com. In 2013, the payroll accounts of the Washington hospital were broken into via cyberspace. Bank of America got back about $400,000, but the hospital is reeling becau...

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Great user experience is key to trust, but not enough

An interesting piece on usability, trust and loyalty got me thinking on two specific questions, a simple one - how does user-experience create trust? Slightly less simple one - are there other ways of creating trust than a great user experience? Human nature: Our loyalty towards anything (living person or a non-living product/ service) is born from...

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Trends to watch in Fintech this year

With 2015 well underway, everyone is looking forward to what the year will hold for finance and technology. As the economy continues to recover and technology evolves at a rapid pace, can we expect to see growth among new payments systems in the banking industry in the months to come? What technological innovations will rise to the forefront to en...

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Past is Prologue: Maximizing Future Ignition of Mobile Money

“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” This quote from Edmund Burke, an 18th century British orator, politician, and philosopher, still rings true today… even within the new realm of mobile money. This blog describes how understanding the past of mobile money will influence not only its present, but also help shape a more succ

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Cash is Still King

Despite what many think, cash would still appear to be king. Since 1986, ATM cash withdrawals have been on a steady increase across the country according to statistics by Link. Demand for cash also appears to be showing no signs of slowing down - there are now more than 69,000 cash machines in the UK, representing a growth of 58% since 2003. Cas...

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Banks can learn from the automation pioneers of the Industrial Revolution

More than 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution ushered in the use of machines to execute complex tasks more quickly and efficiently. Now, the same benefits from digital automation are being felt across multiple industries. New research has revealed that different businesses across Britain are beginning to reap the benefits of machine automatio...

Neil Crammond

Neil Crammond risk education & real time market abuse at DIVENTO FINANCIALS

Why can exchanges exploit fair and orderly markets .

I am constantly asked about market abuse and manipulation within our markets and how best to combat these undesirable threats . Since entering the trading arena in 1982 I have witnessed a number of abuses BUT have always believed that exchanges have monitored a fair and orderly market place ;however I now struggle to accept this especially with E...

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Backdoor Unbundling

I was relaxing on my way home on the 7.02 from Waterloo last night when I came across Nick Goodway's excellent article on the impact of unbundling and research procurement. As everyone knows, ESMA wants to make sure that transparency rules the day when it comes to how investment managers use client money, especially when it comes to paying for re...

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Robert Siciliano

Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me

Company proves why you shouldn’t post Kids’ Pics online

What if you knew there existed a possibility that some company, without your knowledge, grabbed a photo of your child and put it on their product and then put their product online for sale? Koppie Koppie sells coffee mugs with photos of kids on them—and YOUR child could be one. Though this begs the question, who on earth would want a coffee mug w...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

In a small country you can advance faster

Very topical blogpost here: http://perspectives.tieto.com/blog/2015/03/challenge-blog-post-real-time-economy/

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