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  • True cloud banking True cloud banking

    The cloud banking bubble is about to burst, argues Gartner, if banks don't take cloud computing initiatives seriously enough BY CHARIS PALMER Banks need to move beyond private cloud computing to cloud banking if they are to capitalise on the financial benefits and new business models offered ...

  • Crime busting Crime busting

    There are a plethora of financial crime solution vendors whose services help banks fight fraud and money laundering, but which ones do it best? BY JAROSLAW KNAPSIK The cost of combating financial crime is on the rise. This in turn is driving banks to seek synergies between anti-fraud and ant...

  • The smartphone call The smartphone call

    Having a mobile app on your website is not the same as having a mobile strategy. So why should you tap into the smartphone phenomenon? BY SIMON VAN WYK You may have seen that Google/IPSOS recently published some interesting research findings on smartphone usage around the globe. While Austra...

  • A virtual banking ID A virtual banking ID

    Ambitious start-up miiCard has gone live with its virtual identity card, leveraging existing online financial accounts to validate the online purchase of further products BY ELTON CANE MiiCard, a start-up company that has regularly demonstrated its online identity proposition at financial co...

  • Carry on banking? Carry on banking?

    Telecommunications carriers trying to muscle in on the mobile wallet and payments space are obtaining banking licences left, right and centre BY BRETT KING The announcement that the Canadian carrier Rogers Telecom has applied for a banking licence should hardly come as a shock to the retail ...

  • Buying your anonymity Buying your anonymity

    The benefits of an anonymous worldwide digital currency are many, although its appeal to the criminal element is worrying BY PAUL DUCKLIN Two years ago, in 2009, an open-source, peer-to-peer digital cash system launched. Cutely called Bitcoin, it was based on an academically-flavoured pa...

  • MAMBO misses the point MAMBO misses the point

    Account portability is at a standstill now that Project MAMBO has been called off, but was the concept really viable in the first place? BY STEPHEN WILSON Last month brought the unfortunate news that the BPAY consortium has cancelled Project MAMBO, setting back the cause of account portabili...

  • MAMBO in limbo? MAMBO in limbo?

    MAMBO's future is becoming clouded as NAB withdraws its support and ANZ reviews its participation BY CHARIS PALMER BPAY's Me at My Bank Online (MAMBO) online payments project appears to be in doubt, with NAB withdrawing support for it and ANZ reviewing its commitment. NAB says it made the...

  • Big picture payments Big picture payments

    Google's move on an NFC trial for mobile payments is puzzling at first glance. However, look deeper and you'll understand why the giant has made a break for NFC BY BRETT KING Google has revealed its long-awaited NFC trial for mobile payments. On the face of it, many perceive that Google's pl...

  • Dirty data Dirty data

    Is bad data - inaccurate, outdated and incomplete information _ killing your customers' experience and interaction with you? How often has a customer called your company, only to have the operator ask for their details - again - or worse, to find that your company's records are out of date, inac...

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