What we are reading … 25th March 2013

Banking on cloud http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7474

7 Ridiculously Simple Social Media Fixes For Financial Marketers http://bit.ly/148OV3t

RBS to put £700m into upgrading its aging retail banking operations http://dld.bz/crWAW

How Banks Can Compete In the Mobile Shopping Market http://twb.io/YRyELq

Should you switch to an online-only bank? http://on.mktw.net/16GZyKv

FirstMerit Unveils Website that Responds to Mobile Devices http://dld.bz/crWAR

Is China after More than IP? http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/china-after-more-than-ip-p-1441#.UUlGk7PaXGo.twitter The future for digital wallets http://www.finextra.com/Video/Video.aspx?videoid=354

The Crisis in Cyprus

Stratfor Founder and Chairman George Friedman discusses the broader ramifications of the financial dilemma in the small EU country.

For more analysis, visit: http://www.Stratfor.com

Is Cyprus small enough?

“The eurozone crisis isn't getting bigger, with events in Cyprus. It's getting smaller. But it is not getting simpler.

How small is too small to matter? It's a question that has come up quite a lot since the financial crisis in Europe began.”  So writes Stephanie Flanders, the BBC’s Economics editor. 

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CommBank Introduces Kaching For Facebook and 'Signals' Insight Platform

From “Bank Marketing Strategy”

“Commonwealth Bank of Australia continues to be one of the bank innovation leaders, announcing two social-based platforms this week. 'Kaching for Facebook' is an extension of the already popular Kaching smartphone app covered in a previous Bank Marketing Strategy post, allowing customers to do basic transactions within the Facebook website.”

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What we are reading … 22nd March 2013

The Evolving Insider Threat - BankInfoSecurity http://dld.bz/crsgn

Why Levin's Whale Hearing May Hurt More Banks than JPM http://dld.bz/crscA

Central Bank of Nigeria tightens noose against internet fraud http://shar.es/ehMHh

Barclays Pays Managers $61M in Bonuses After Libor http://dld.bz/crHsz

Richard Fisher Says Too-Big-To-Fail Banks Need To Be Broken Up http://huff.to/15awveD

Q&A:Cyprus bailout http://bbc.in/15bbLTU

Cheat Sheet: The Stress Tests You Didn't Hear About http://dld.bz/cqXqr

The backup and disaster recovery challenges facing small and mid-sized businesses http://dld.bz/crrKD

Mobile Deposit Combines the Old and New in Bank Technology http://twb.io/16v6GJKIndian technology: The screen revolution http://econ.st/12Sn9sl

How Banks Can Win the Cyber-War

“Hackers are launching increasingly sophisticated attacks on financial institutions. For bankers, there are still effective counter-measures to put in place and ways to keep the bad guys at bay.”

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What we are reading … 21st March 2013

The Risk Involved With Trading Foreign Currency - http://dld.bz/apKU3

Euro zone crisis: What does a guarantee mean? http://econ.st/YmlaYU

Girl Scouts Are Smart Cookies When it Comes to Mobile Payments http://dld.bz/cqXqR

The great Cypriot bank robbery http://www.finextra.com/Community/FullBlog.aspx?blogid=7477

How Banks Can Win the Cyber-War http://www.americanbanker.com/video/how-banks-can-win-the-cyber-war1057581-1.html 

The rise of tablet banking http://businesstech.co.za/news/banking/33703/the-rise-of-tablet-banking/