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Bank systems are not safe (anymore) 27 Aug 2013 | 02:29 pm
I used to think that we were good at designing systems. We would phase test them, user test them, stress test them and more, and eventually we would roll out the system and it would work. And life w...
Finovate Europe and Asia - save 20% now 27 Aug 2013 | 01:01 pm
The Financial Services Club has partnered with Finovate Asia and Europe to offer 20% discount for any interested readers of the Finanser to attend. Finovate Asia takes place in Singapore on 14th Nove...
Things worth reading: 27th August 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 12:40 pm
Things we're reading today include ... Review into security of mobile banking UK markets regulator rejects EU guidance Greece 'may renegotiate bailout' Exclusive: Nasdaq, NYSE at odds on outage ca...
The Finanser's Week: 19th August - 25th August 2013 25 Aug 2013 | 02:46 pm
Our biggest stories of the past week are ... Banks should not be political pawns I received an email on my recent blogs about remittances and Somalia from one reader, Knut Flottorp, and thought it w...
As banks cut lifeline, will remittance alternatives emerge? 23 Aug 2013 | 01:22 pm
The three blog entries on this subject so far: The African bank crisis and remittances More on Africa, Somalia, remittances, Barclays and HSBC Banks should not be political pawns has stirred up a ...
Things worth reading: 23rd August 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 11:01 am
Things we're reading today include ... Banks face £1.3bn compensation bill Virgin hires key bank executives Hackers strip Swiss bank account of the former Countess of Normanton Moody’s considers d...
Banks should not be political pawns 22 Aug 2013 | 10:08 am
I received an email on my recent blogs about remittances and Somalia from one reader, Knut Flottorpm, and thought it worth posting on the blog to add to the debate. The banks will have problems with....
Things worth reading: 22nd August 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 08:05 am
Things we're reading today include ... Moritz Erhardt, 21, died after reportedly working 72 hours in a row Hackers use DDoSes to distract bank staff whilst stealing MILLIONS Bank of England's Weale...
Payments Council report states that mobile internet payments will quadruple by 2022 21 Aug 2013 | 02:23 pm
I just got a copy of the Payments Council’s UK Payments Markets 2013 Report, and it makes fascinating reading about a developed economy’s changing payments habits. Here are the headlines: Consumer c...
Things worth reading: 21st August 2013 21 Aug 2013 | 11:55 am
Things we're reading today include ... Intern, 21, dies during investment bank summer scheme Bank intern death leads to calls for shake-up RBS bidder could make £330m from branch deal ‘We’re the o...
