Latest Financial Services articles

Opinion: Why Facebook is worth a dollar a year... and falling

Mark Zuckerberg introduces video chat from Skype at Facebook HQ
Stratospheric valuations aside, what is Facebook really worth? Computing Editor Chris Middleton explains why it has never been free to use
17 May 2012

Protect and survive: an essential guide to data protection regulation

Data privacy agent regulator
Recent legislative changes in the EU and US have serious implications for any organisation that stores and processes personal data. So what do CIOs need to do to ensure they stay on the right side of the regulators?
08 May 2012

Barclays customers beware


02 May 2012

Cashless Olympics increases opportunities for cyber criminals

A security expert has suggested that NFC technology can be used to steal sensitive card data with the swipe of a phone
24 Apr 2012

Smartphones to make cash and card redundant by 2020 - report

Smartphones with ‘paytags' will make both cash and credit cards redundant by 2020, according to a survey of 1,200 technology experts
20 Apr 2012

Analysis: Conflicting forces of cyber law and order

New EU initiatives may duplicate, or even undermine, efforts to protect the UK’s financial services industry from cyber crime. And as Sooraj Shah and Andrew Charlesworth report, this is the last thing the sector needs
18 Apr 2012

Computing says: UK cyber security – time for a new approach

The government's cyber security strategy is not fit for purpose
18 Apr 2012

Interview: Barclays banks on innovation

Enabling customer-facing staff to access bespoke financial services apps using tablet computers is just one of several ways in which COO Shaygan Kheradpir is transforming the retail banking experience at Barclays
03 Apr 2012

US firm's new tech hub to create 50 'high value' jobs in Northern Ireland

Jobs to pay more than double the private sector average, says minister
29 Mar 2012

PayPal closes potential flaw in login pages

Payment service alerted to cross site scripting error
23 Mar 2012

Interview: Bloomberg's content moves with the times

Bloomberg’s mobile guru talks about the impact smartphones and tablets are having on the way organisations disseminate and consume information
15 Mar 2012

Report: Financial firms’ IT will miss G20 deadline

CIOs will get the blame if post-crisis changes aren’t implemented on time, say financial chiefs
15 Mar 2012

Misys and Temenos £2bn merger collapses

All-cash offers from private equity firms led to collapse, says TechMarketView
12 Mar 2012

Report: Social media strategies are failing to connect with 'chameleon' consumers

Customer experience is the new brand, says Ernst & Young
12 Mar 2012

Revoke legacy privileged accounts – or pay the consequences


08 Mar 2012

Opinion: Is the cashless age about to dawn?

Alternatives to cash are coming thick and fast, but banknotes are unlikely to disappear soon
06 Mar 2012

PCI-compliant networks are not enough to secure payment data, says expert

Requirement could just be box-ticking exercise, according to report
02 Mar 2012

Provident Financial saves £350,000 by deploying licence management tool

Loans provider says it was concerned it was overspending on software licences
01 Mar 2012

Analysis: Will a move to the Single Digital Market boost e-commerce?

The EU hopes that the way out of the economic chaos engulfing the continent is to create a vibrant digital economy
01 Mar 2012

Visa develops over-the-air NFC update for smartphones

Payment firms make it easier for networks to offer contactless payments
27 Feb 2012

Short stories from the cloud – GoGrid, CloudBees, Attenda, City Lifeline and Xsigo Systems


27 Feb 2012

IT leaders cruising for a denial-of-service bruising, says security expert

Report finds nearly one in five UK firms experienced a DDOS attack in 2011
23 Feb 2012

Google fixes another seven serious security flaws in Chrome

Mozilla also corrects the same vulnerability in its Firefox browser
21 Feb 2012

Barclays rolls out tablets following successful trial

Retail arm of banking giant plans to deploy devices to all customer-facing staff
14 Feb 2012