What we are reading … 18th January 2013

Disruptive IT trends that business continuity managers need to be aware of http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature1032.html

Five budget apps to help you keep tabs on your spending http://dld.bz/bZ2pD

Where Big Data fails http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/big-data-analytics/where-big-data-fails/339

Betrayed by Basel http://shar.es/4AEB8

MyBankTracker Lets You Get Directions to Your Bank Branch http://dld.bz/bZ2p2

Big Data Analytics Masters Degrees: 20 Top Programs http://twb.io/UEPKs2

Nonsense Innovation. http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7270

Bank liquidity: Go with the flow http://econ.st/U78kdZ

Mobile banking demand drives app development innovation

“Barclays bank says its decision to use private cloud and Linux will help it cut development costs and compete in the mobile banking sector.

This year banks will invest in mobile banking platforms as the business case for these investments becomes easier to make in the light of increasing demand. Over a billion people will use mobile handsets to access banking services by the end of 2017, according to the results of a study by Juniper Research.” 

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Insider Fraud: What to Monitor

“Two recently resolved insider fraud schemes at banking institutions in Ohio and New York highlight the unique challenges organizations face when it comes to detecting crimes by trusted employees.” <<READ MORE>>

What we are reading … 17th January 2013

Learning from ING Direct (Before It Vanishes) http://dld.bz/bZ2pb

Mobile Attacks Pose Increasing Threat - BankInfoSecurity http://shar.es/4AzV0

With online spending soaring, Visa Europe targets mobile in 2013 http://www.finextra.com/News/FullStory.aspx?newsitemid=24436

Analyst predicts Apple to offer mobile payment, loyalty program soon http://dld.bz/bYUEr

PayPal's bid for the high street gets big boost from NCR http://www.finextra.com/News/FullStory.aspx?newsitemid=24438

Intercompany Recon - The last bastion of manual processes http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7266

ING challenges graduate bankers to ditch the jargon http://www.finextra.com/News/FullStory.aspx?newsitemid=24431

UK regulators 'struggle to control overseas banks' http://dld.bz/bYUEk

Who moves a greenback cheapest http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7263

Regulation You Can and Can't Prepare For http://bankinnovation.net/2013/01/regulation-you-can-and-cant-prepare-for/

Innovation has nothing to do with technology

“Just been talking about innovation with a bunch of folks and found myself getting more and more wound up about the way people bandy the word around without knowing its meaning.

It’s not that I’m some pedant or radical who believes that every word has to be used in context correctly, but more to do with the way people talk about innovation as the core of growth and the essence of what they do, when they don’t even know what it is.” So writes Chris Skinner. Read the full article <<HERE>>

Finance lost. Tech won. Here’s why…

“I failed at investment banking. And it wasn’t this soft, cheery type of failure that we celebrate in Silicon Valley. It was a real failure.

In 2004, I was part of an internship class of about 100 college juniors at Credit Suisse First Boston. All but one of them was offered a fulltime job at the bank. Guess who the exception was? The exception was me.” So writes Bryan Goldberg. <<READ MORE>>

What we are reading … 16th January 2013

Mobile Attacks Pose Increasing Threat - BankInfoSecurity http://dld.bz/bYUEd

Can Corporate Mobile Payments drive Merchant Acceptance? http://dld.bz/bYUEb

The going rate for Goldman http://bbc.in/W3957s

Mobile Banking Market to Surpass 1 Billion Customers by 2017 http://dld.bz/bYUEa

JP Morgan must tighten risk controls, say US regulators http://bbc.in/WYPlQQ

Your Employees Are Not Mind Readers http://bloom.bg/UvxnHx

Will mobile banking overtake ATMs in 2013? http://shar.es/44LoT

NICE Uses Voice Recognition to Take Down Fraudsters Dialing Call Centers http://twb.io/UAOLcy

What to Do With a Bad Check http://www.mybanktracker.com/news/2013/01/08/deposited-rubber-check/

Africa eyes M-Pesa model as mobile phone use goes up http://shar.es/4CaM1