finance IT

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…

11 years ago

Kaspersky Labs To Fight Online Fraud With New Product Suite

Kaspersky Fraud Prevention platform includes server-side tools, mobile clients and an SDK

11 years ago

Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Exchange Goes Offline

Several reports claim the Tokyo-based company will file for bankruptcy

11 years ago

Code_N Competition Is Bringing 50 Big Data Start-Ups To CeBIT

The finalists will be surrounded by a 12-metre tall data visualisation artwork

11 years ago

South Korean Banks Fined £3,400 After Epic January Data Breach

KB Kookmin Bank, Lotte Card and NongHyup Card will not be able to issue credit cards for the next three…

11 years ago

Bitcoin In Crisis: Mt Gox Claims To Be Fixing Network-Wide Vulnerability

The exchange resumes currency withdrawals, but refuses to send Bitcoins to third-party wallets until further notice

11 years ago

Russian Government Says Bitcoin Is Illegal

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office says Bitcoin is used for money laundering, and should be avoided

11 years ago

Apple Kills The Only iOS-Compatible Bitcoin Trading App

Apple has dumped the Blockchain application from its App Store – and Bitcoin users are threatening to dump their iPhones

11 years ago

University Of Cumbria To Accept Fees In Bitcoin

Rival university lecturer says Cumbria would be braver to use dogecoin

11 years ago

Wells Fargo Hopes To Offer Bitcoin Services

The bank has organised a real summit dedicated to the virtual currency

11 years ago

Banks Warned About ‘Cutting Edge’ Financial Malware

Banks beware as trojans and botnets aimed at financial institutions are being upgraded and enhanced

11 years ago

CyanogenMod Gets Another £14 Million In Funding

Open source Android ROM developers promise “more new things, more often”

11 years ago

Financial Group Targets IT Security Risks

A group of financial organisations has highlighted the IT security risks that come with the use of third-party suppliers

11 years ago

Bank Of America Recognises Benefits Of Bitcoin

Analysts warn that the price of the virtual currency should remain below $1300

11 years ago

RBS Promises Compensation After Yet Another IT Failure

RBS, Natwest and Ulster Bank customers are fuming after being unable to make payments last night

11 years ago

Bitcoin Reaches Record Value Of £224

The exact causes of a $90 boost in value over the last seven days are unknown

11 years ago

Co-Founder Of Liberty Reserve Will Spend Up To 75 Years In Prison

Vladimir Kats pleads guilty to money laundering and unlicensed money transmitting charges

11 years ago

MongoDB Gets $150 Million In A New Funding Round

Open source NoSQL database breaks industry records, now valued at $1.2 billion

11 years ago

ICO To Investigate The Impact Of Snowden Revelations On Privacy

Christopher Graham wants to know if the NSA really had access to encrypted bank data

11 years ago

Russian Software Developer To Help Palestine Introduce Electronic Money

BPC Banking Technologies will help Palestine as it attempts to rebuild its national currency

11 years ago

Tech Firms Replace Finance And Law In The City Of London

Redistribution of office space reflects the wider trends in the UK economy

11 years ago

US Federal Judge Rules Bitcoins Are “A Form Of Money”, Can Be Regulated

Securities and Exchange Commission gets a green light to investigate Bitcoin companies

11 years ago

Mt. Gox BitCoin Exchange “Hosted On Thousands Of Servers All Around The World”

The world’s largest BitCoin exchange partners with Akamai for speed and security

11 years ago

Former Apple Store Workers Demand Compensation For Bag Searches

Ex-employees claim they lost up to $1,400 a year because the searches were conducted off-the-clock

11 years ago

Russian Authorities To Investigate Google’s Tax Practices

A Russian lawmaker accuses Google of tax avoidance, while a different investigation looks at data transfers possibly related to PRISM

11 years ago

Seagate Quarterly Revenue Down Almost A Quarter

Results still beat analyst expectations, yearly revenue remains high and the company is optimistic

11 years ago

UK Audience Technology Start-Up Affectv Secures £2 Million Funding

The company will bring its mix of mathematics and marketing to Europe and Asia

11 years ago