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Black Friday - why it matters and what to watch out for

Deloitte, Santander and JP Morgan explain to Finextra how the busiest shopping day of the year is a useful indicator of the industry trends to be aware of in the months ahead.

29 November 2019

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Scotland's fintechs treble in number

The number of fintechs based in Scotland has increased threefold in the last 12 months following an initiative between government, academia and the finance industry designed to boost the sector.

11 January 2019

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UK FS industry should create shared digital platforms - report

UK financial firms, regulators and governments would benefit from increased efficiencies and cost savings if the developed shared digital platforms to more effectively tackle things such as customer background checks, regulatory reporting and fraud prevention, says a new report from Deloitte and TheCityUK.

01 November 2018

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Metro Bank tests smartcard payments on the blockchain

SETL, Deloitte and Metro Bank have successfully demonstrated a contactless blockchain smartcard retail payment system for 100 customers of the UK-based challenger bank.

15 November 2016

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Deloitte UK calls for blockchain identity standards; Post-Trade group swells membership

Deloitte UK is working on a 'Smart Identity' blockchain prototype enabling users to create a set of federated digital credentials for a range of applications, from access management to customer verification.

04 May 2016

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Sage Pay wins ZappHack with location-aware ticketing app

After 36 gruelling hours of coding, designing and testing, Sage Pay's three-person team has emerged victorious at the ZappHack Revive Retail hackathon in London this week.

10 July 2014

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Banks increase information security budgets as threats evolve

Despite the global economic downturn over the last two years, most financial institutions increased their information security budget in 2010 as they faced up to new, often internal, threats, according to a global survey from Deloitte.

09 June 2010

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Deloitte staff trial Visa card with built in OTP generator for IT access control

Deloitte employees are piloting a corporate Visa Barclaycard that includes technology for generating one-time passwords that can be used to remotely access the company's IT system.

13 May 2009

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Tighter budgets and low morale pose growing risk to bank security - Deloitte

Tighter budgets, a greater concern over internal security breaches due to lower employee morale and complacency after a decrease in overall attacks over the past year are exposing global financial institutions to an increased risk of data breaches, says consultancy Deloitte Touche.

05 February 2009

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Public opposition to offshoring grows

Public antipathy to offshore outsourcing continues to grow in Britain with one in three adults (32%) believing that UK companies should be forced to bring offshored jobs back home, according to a survey released by Deloitte.

28 November 2006

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Banks report surge in security attacks

More than three quarters of financial firms experienced external IT attacks in the past year, while almost half (49%) experienced internal breaches, according to a global survey by consultancy Deloitte.

13 June 2006

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Banks told to beware enemy within

Internal attacks on IT systems are surpassing the threat from external hackers at the largest financial institutions, according to the 2005 Global Security Survey released by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT).

22 June 2005

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