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It’s Official – Contactless Payments Are Taking Over
‘Tap and pay’ becoming increasingly popular, with 45 million contactless payments card now active in the UK, Barclaycard survey finds
Barclays Looks To Speed Up Mortgage Applications With Quick Scan App
Scan and Attach will help brokers process mortgage applications faster than ever before
Bitcoin ‘Could Be Helping Terrorists’, Says Major Banking Group
Cryptocurrency poses risks due to lack of proper regulation, BBA letter warns
Hackers Release Swiss Bank Data
Hackers using the moniker 'Rex Mundi' at first demanded a 10,000-euro ransom before releasing data on Swiss and foreign customers
More Than Half Of Brits Are Ready To Switch To Mobile Payments
Zapp survey finds attitudes towards alternative payments in the UK have changed significantly
Chthonic: The Dangerous ZeuS Trojan Attacking You Via Your Bank
Kaspersky Lab discovers a new strain of Trojan targeting victims through 150 banks' web links and email attachments
Lloyds Bank To Let Customers Deposit Cheques With Their Smartphones
New service is part of Lloyds tie-up with Smarta to launch Business Toolbox for SMEs
HSBC Rolls Out Paym Mobile Payments Service For Business Customers
Companies will now be able to receive money directly to their accounts using just a phone number
Why Banks Should Take Notice Of Startup Innovation In The Fintech Industry
Toby Young, CTO at Ebury, tells TechWeek Europe what fintech trends banks should be keeping up with
Lloyds Cuts Jobs Amidst New Digital Focus
Over 9,000 jobs will be slashed and 150 branches closed under new strategy
Lloyds Set To Axe ‘Thousands Of Jobs’
The taxpayer-owned banking group is to reduce staff through greater automation, in a plan to be announced at the end of the month
What Security Lessons Did We Learn From The JP Morgan Chase & Co Breach?
We may still see piggyback attacks where cybercriminals launch social engineering attacks
Barclays Staff To Sport iPad Tablets
Barclays staff to emerge from behind the counter and onto bank floor, equipped with Apple iPads
Russia Considers Switching To National Payment System After Visa, Mastercard Block Banks
Seven Russian banks were hit by economic sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea, government wants to make sure this doesn't happen again
Vince Cable Warns Of Digital Threats To Critical Infrastructure
Cable says adequate protection needed so people's quotidian existences aren't disrupted
Five Banks Sign Up For Zapp Mobile Payment Service
Zapp hopes to establish itself as industry standard in the UK
Bitcoin Value Slumps Following Chinese Bank Ban And French Concerns
Chinese government says banks can't use Bitcoin, while the French central bank says its too risky to use electronic currencies
RBS Promises Compensation After Yet Another IT Failure
RBS, Natwest and Ulster Bank customers are fuming after being unable to make payments last night
Bank Of England: UK Banks Hit By Cyber-Attacks
British banks and market infrastructures have come under attack in the past months, revealing vulnerabilities in their systems, according to a Bank of England report
Report Finds Rise In Telephone-Based Financial Scams
Scams targeting financial call centres made a major impact in 2013, according to a new report
Carberp Botnet Gang Leader And Cronies Arrested – Report
Botnet might finally stop causing carnage in Russia and Ukraine
Natwest Faces User Anger After Another IT Failure
Natwest is short of excuses after a second major IT failure in under a year
Payments Council Says Text Payment Service To Launch Spring 2014
Payments Council says 90 percent of all UK current accounts will have access
Barclays To Save ‘Billions’ With Own Cloud And Open Source
Who would have thought that free software saves money?
Tinkoff: How To Build An Online Business In Russia
RUSSIA: Entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov visits London to talk about his latest projects – Tinkoff Credit Systems and Tinkoff Digital
Lloyds, Co-Op Fix IT Glitches
Two separate technical issues left Lloyds TSB, Halifax and Co-Operative customers unable to withdraw cash
Banking Summit 2012: Can ICT Save The Banks?
ITALY: Could analytics and social media provide a real change in banking, that boosts the economy and satisfies customers?
US Banks Warned Of Islamist Hacker Threat
Warning: hackers will take last week’s violent anti-US protests online
Bank-Theft Botnet Gameover Infects 700,000 Systems
A bank-theft botnet by the name of Gameover has infected 675,000 systems, many at Fortune 500 companies