May 15, 2014 - Spending on risk management by capital markets firms is expected to consume one-quarter of IT budgets by 2018, according to forecasts by IDC Financial Insights.
May 14, 2014 - Investment management firm Brewin Dolphin has warned that it will take a £32 million hit after pulling a planned IT operating system implementation.
May 13, 2014 - According to a study into the acceptance of new payment solutions published by Visa Europe today, mPOS (mobile point of sale) usage by small businesses (SMEs) in Europe will take off dramatically in 2014.
May 12, 2014 - Vormetric, a leader in enterprise data security for physical, virtual and cloud environments, today announced further analysis of its 'Insider Threat' report, conducted in 2014 with industry analyst firm Ovum. Focusing on just those responses from IT decision-makers at financial services organisations in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (a total of 92 responses), the research reveals how firms in the financial sector are evaluating their exposure to insider threats, and the steps they are taking in order to mitigate the risks.
May 8, 2014 - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning investors that getting involved in bitcoin is a risky business that could leave them open to fraud.
May 8, 2014 - French telco giant Orange says that thieves made off with the personal information of 1.3 million customers last month but that payment data was not taken.
May 8, 2014 - A recently completed research study by Cutter Associates found that operations professionals are optimistic for a renewed focus on corporate actions processing in the next few years. Citing manual processes and increased risk as driving factors, firms are changing practices and assessing systems solutions available to help improve automation around the corporate actions function.
May 8, 2014 - Capita Managed IT Solutions has announced that it is to create 400 jobs in a £29.9m investment over the next three years.