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Major online credit card theft exposed
News The scope of the crime emerged in a letter dated 27 December from Visa USA to member financial institutions. Credit card companies notified financial institutions, but many of the compromised accounts remain open to this day, because the banks...
[March 17, 2000, 12:37]
Africans:Mobile but yet left Behind.
Blog The major focus of Financial Institutions across Africa is to get out of the quagmire and they are not focusing, intentionally on the unbanked which still hold a significant chunk of the cash in the economy underneath their Bed pillows.In Nigeria...
[May 5, 2009, 8:46]
Africans:Mobile but yet left Behind
Blog The major focus of Financial Institutions across Africa is to get out of the quagmire and they are not focusing, intentionally on the unbanked which still hold a significant chunk of the cash in the economy underneath their Bed pillows.In Nigeria...
[October 24, 2009, 11:56]
Balancing Risk Mitigation and Customer Experience - Anomaly Detection With Customer Notifications
White Papers However, it has also caused concern and some confusion among Financial Institutions and security vendors as to what type of approaches will be effective and approved by the FFIEC. Financial Institutions have legitimate concerns concerning the...
[May 14, 2009, 1:17]
E-commerce: Familiarity breeds content
News A Jupiter Media Metrix study released on Monday said that the majority of online consumers replicate their relationships with traditional merchants on the Web, storing personal and financial information with banks, credit card companies and other...
[August 14, 2001, 10:42]
A Year Ago: Local authorities slam Action 2000's naming 'n shaming
News While the government refuses to name and shame the 8 major financial institutions falling behind in bug-fix plans, Action 2000 is showing no mercy when it comes to local authorities which fall into its red category -- ie.at severe risk of...
[July 13, 2000, 8:00]
Mobile Money and Card payment:Perception Survey in Nigeria ( 2009)
Blog As Potential Mobile Money providers across the Globe eye the Largest Mobile market in Africa for mobile payments technologies, there is a strong compelling need to provide credible and evidence based information and Data for Technology providers...
[August 23, 2009, 8:03]
Regulating Mobile Money in Nigeria
Blog While the Tagattitude model is more of providing mobile authentication solutions to the Financial Institutions and Non financial Institutions, others like, recently licensed MoneyBoxAfrica, will actually engage the end user and provision services...
[March 13, 2009, 8:34]
Exposing the vulnerabilities of e-commerce
News Yet, the situation is pretty close to the mark for many online stores and financial institutions, said John George, a product specialist for the company. So far, the company has raised nearly $54m in four rounds of private funding, and counts eight...
[May 7, 2002, 16:40]
A Year Ago: Day 1 - 'euro going smoothly'
News The problems banks and financial institutions face include: Watching progress in the Netherlands, Lukacs has seen no problems thus far and praised the immense amount of preparations done by banks and financial institutions.
[January 4, 2000, 6:04]
Day 1 - 'euro going smoothly'
News The problems banks and financial institutions face include: Watching progress in the Netherlands, Lukacs has seen no problems thus far and praised the immense amount of preparations done by banks and financial institutions.
[January 4, 1999, 15:12]
KPMG warns of fraud increase
Blog KPMG said that the Government has become the predominant fraud target, followed by financial institutions. However, those financial institutions have improved security practices, and succeeded in lowering fraud since 1993.
[February 6, 2008, 14:43]
To kill a mobile OS
Blog Android Mobile Device Users - Phishing Attack Launched from the Android Marketplace Impacted Over 50 Financial Institutions This phishing attack was launched from the Android Marketplace and impacted over 50 financial institutions worldwide...
[January 5, 2010, 17:42]
Banks still top targets for phishing scams
News The concurrent proliferation of targeted brands and concentration of phishing focus on financial institutions is, of course, disturbing," APWG chairman David Jevans said in a statement. No brand is really safe, but it is interesting to note that...
[January 21, 2005, 8:30]
Online confidence plummeting
News And 50 percent said they mistrusted financial institutions for fear they would misuse their personal information. Banks and financial institutions that want to push customers online are especially feeling the effects of these customer concerns...
[March 2, 2005, 9:05]
Trojan compromises 550,000 web-banking accounts
News The company has alerted law-enforcement bodies and has provided the compromised account information to the financial institutions involved, Brady said in an interview on Thursday. This could be a wake-up call for institutions and end users who have...
[November 3, 2008, 7:06]
MobileMoney:Africa's 11 - Interviews Barry Coetzee of Iveri Payments
Blog We are only focused on providing customer centric solutions to African financial institutions. MMA: African Financial Institutions are still attached to the old norm of 'p2p personal Banking'.How is Iveri changing the pattern.
[May 14, 2009, 14:03]
Online banking: Web services may create vulnerabilities
News Even if financial institutions are as secure as Fort Knox, hackers might still be able to tunnel in through a Web services hole. Financial institutions have long been reluctant to allow technology companies to become the security gateway and...
[May 6, 2002, 7:32]
Online banking: Anatomy of a hacking
News Mergers present unique problems to financial institutions, especially in technologies," said Mark Rasch, the former head of the US Justice Department's computer crimes unit. The easiest way to siphon cash from a bank is not to target the bank...
[May 6, 2002, 7:32]
US Report: Clinton administration to ease grip on crypto exports
News Notably free from those restrictions have been foreign financial institutions, which in most cases have been able to buy U.S.made encryption software of unlimited strength since last year. Since Vice President Al Gore promised relief for medical...
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