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Plugging the leak

August 4, 2008

The banking industry has suffered a number of huge data breaches. Michelle Price finds out where the weak points are.

The index fix?

July 1, 2008

Indices fuel the global investment industry, providing a critical measure of market activity and investment performance. But do we really understand how they are created, or indeed whether they should be trusted? By Michelle Price.

Harnessing technology to create tomorrow’s retail bank

July 1, 2008

How should technology be implemented to lower costs, improve efficiency, outwit the competition and reduce the organisation’s carbon footprint? What makes a successful partnership between a technology vendor and a bank? What future developments are in store? These were the key questions discussed at The Banker round table on ‘Retail banking and technology: a new era’, held in London last month. The event, the second on retail banking this year in the Leadership Series, was sponsored by Finacle from Infosys, but independently written and edited.

Peter Josse

June 2, 2008

Peter Josse, global head of IT service delivery and infrastructure at ABN AMRO, talks exclusively to Michelle Price regarding the process of dismantling ABN AMRO and its many challenges.

Multi-channel gets personal

June 2, 2008

The impetus to better understand customers and their personal needs will force banks to rethink their approach to channel management, says Michelle Price.

Contactless hurdles remain

June 2, 2008

Huge advancements are being made in contactless payment methods in Asia-Pacific and Europe, with a variety of technologies on trial. But some stumbling blocks remain, reports Wendy Atkins.

The end of bad debt?

June 2, 2008

The risks attached to the UK’s personal debt crisis can be mitigated by the use of technology that identifies at-risk customers at an early stage, says Kieran Kilmartin, product director at Portrait Software.

The patterns of human nature

May 5, 2008

In the financial markets, there seems to be a repeating pattern of related crises and business collapses every decade or so. Could it be because lessons are not being learned from past mistakes? By Chris Skinner.

Crunch time for data centres

May 5, 2008

The amount of data that financial institutions need to store is constantly increasing, with knock-on effects on data centre capacity, energy use and running costs. Michelle Price reports.

Toni Merschen

May 5, 2008

The head of MasterCard Worldwide’s chip centre of excellence talks to Michelle Price about how the company is attempting to combat global online card fraud through its two-factor authentication model.

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