banks in comment and analysis
Mentoring: Tech charity's recipe for success
Comment The Prince's Trust's Technology Leadership Group (TLG) arm has passed the £5m milestone in its fundraising for young people setting up tech or heavily technology-dependent businesses - and continues its record in being more successful than banks... [09 Jul 2008]
Ian Buchanan
CIO Profile Before joining Alliance & Leicester, Buchanan spent 17 years in technology and operations in international leadership roles in investment banking working for a number of global banks, most recently at Nomura where Buchanan was a member of the... [11 Jun 2008]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment In addition, most banks even make a small interest payment on current accounts. This ruling will mean banks have to find more subtle ways to profit from their customers, argues Carol Wheatcroft. This consequence is beneficial for the industry... [12 May 2008]
Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?
Comment Investment banks have had to become more technology-led. The sophistication, understanding and acceptance of risk management tools has advanced considerably since the fall of Barings but banks are still much more disconnected than people think. [15 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment The banks and building societies have just signed up to a new code. Because most internet crime cases involve misuse of bank accounts and bank or credit cards, how banks treat losses to the customer's accounts is paramount to maintaining consumer... [15 Apr 2008]
ID tech tightens up compliance
Comment More than 60 banks around the world reported fraudulent transactions based on the stolen credit card data. Organisations are using identity management systems to cut the risk of data security breaches. [18 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment Over the past 12 months, leading UK banks such as Barclays have been successful in reducing online fraud. The threat of terrorism is soaking up funds badly needed to combat cyber crime. So how big does the problem have to become before governments... [27 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Lords above!
Comment Their other suggestions included increasing resources for the police to deal with internet-based crime, and allowing victims of online card fraud to report to the police - rather than to the banks which seem reluctant to act in many cases. [27 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Locked in at the bank
Comment Like the banks, they served a customer base that was largely lethargic and faced little or no competition. Written in a coffee shop at Wickham Market, Suffolk, and dispatched via a free wi-fi service in Woodbridge a day later. [07 Feb 2008]
From CIO to consultant: One year on
Comment I've survived my first year in business, thrived despite the red tape provided by the government, banks and most of all the dreaded HM Revenue & Customs. It's already 12 months since former IT director Mike Barrett decided to take a chance and... [14 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Resolutions for 2008
Comment Just like the banks and other companies I work for, it is possible to get the customers to become functionaries. Written on the M4 motorway in England as I was driven from Taunton to Ipswich. Dispatched via a commercial wi-fi service from a... [03 Jan 2008]
Banking can execute change in real-time
Comment The need to increase competitiveness across the banks has left most businesses no choice but to decide on some form of replacement. Banks must consider their current needs and find a solution that will meet those needs head on. [02 Jan 2008]
Locking down financial security
Comment Thirty per cent of banks reported repeated internal breaches, with varying severity, in the past year. However, banks have a difficult challenge ahead. Financial services companies have a unique challenge because consumers believe that the banks... [24 Dec 2007]
European payment issues will top 2008 agenda
Comment So one consequence is that revenues will fall and in some cases costs as well, and banks need to address how they manage this. This poses some significant challenges to banks, both strategic and technological. [20 Dec 2007]
HMRC's missing discs: Just a warning shot
Comment Would we see a mass run on banks on a scale that would render the Northern Rock a happy memory? The outcry over the missing 25 million child benefit records rumbles on. But the HMRC's wayward discs were a mere dry run, argues Stewart Room. [27 Nov 2007]
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