Reading the PayPal blog is worthwhile, particularly as this item appeared the other day. It’s all about stamping out phishing with Michael Barrett, chief information security officer, blogging about the ways in which PayPal were attacking this issue. As PayPal and eBay are the target of three-quarters of all phishing attacks, according to Sophos in…
Fascinating item sent to me by a mate that says that First Data are responsible for Frontier Airlines going bankrupt in the States. Apparently, Frontier blame First Data because they demanded a sudden jump in collateral, due to the credit crunch, and started taking a large slice of the 70% of Frontier’s revenues which they…
There were a couple of fascinating discussions during this conference on cash and treasury – been here all week if you haven’t been reading this blog – about CFO’s. The best of these was a panel chaired by Julia Homer, editor-in-chief of CFO Magazine, with a discussion of CFO’s major priorities. The discussion was based…
There were a couple of fascinating discussions during this conference on cash and treasury – been here all week if you haven’t been reading this blog – about CFO’s. The best of these was a panel chaired by Julia Homer, editor-in-chief of CFO Magazine, with a discussion of CFO’s major priorities. The discussion was based…
There were a couple of fascinating discussions during this conference on cash and treasury – been here all week if you haven’t been reading this blog – about CFO’s. The best of these was a panel chaired by Julia Homer, editor-in-chief of CFO Magazine, with a discussion of CFO’s major priorities. The discussion was based…
The fourth Foresee online financial services survey came out today, benchmarking banking websites for their engagement and satisfaction with the user. What it finds is that online banking websites score 82 in overall satisfaction, a 12% improvement since 2003, and the best of the websites for financial services available online. This is a great score,…
The fourth Foresee online financial services survey came out today, benchmarking banking websites for their engagement and satisfaction with the user. What it finds is that online banking websites score 82 in overall satisfaction, a 12% improvement since 2003, and the best of the websites for financial services available online. This is a great score,…
I’m in Miami at this cash and treasury show, and chaired a panel focused upon SWIFT and why is SWIFT relevant to corporates? Here’s the blurb about the panel: “SWIFT – It May Be Time You Connected “Companies can use the SWIFT network for a number of transactions including payment initiation. The options for participating…
I’m in Miami at this cash and treasury show, and chaired a panel focused upon SWIFT and why is SWIFT relevant to corporates? Here’s the blurb about the panel: “SWIFT – It May Be Time You Connected “Companies can use the SWIFT network for a number of transactions including payment initiation. The options for participating…
Earlier this week I attended the launch of a new book, the Future of finance after SEPA. I edited this book and was asked to present a summary of the views provided by the contributors. Bearing in mind that there are over thirty contributors to this book, ranging from the European Commission to the EBA,…
