November 28, 2011 - The mobile wallet will be the preferred method of payment for consumers by 2016, a new report has revealed. PayPal's findings, which are based on a report by Forrester undertaken on the payment provider's behalf, suggested that 2016 will be the year of mainstream adoption for digital payments.
November 24, 2011 - Around a quarter of European financial sector companies saw their revenue hit and product development delayed thanks to data loss and systems downtime last year, according to a survey for EMC.
November 22, 2011 - US financial institutions have been warned of the potential for rising fraud rates from the expansion of remote deposit capture technology to the retail and unbanked sector.
November 14, 2011 - Rules relating to accounting practises among banks in Europe and the US should be amended to make sure they give a clearer representation of the truth.
November 11, 2011 - Following its bungled and abandoned attempt to scrap cheques, the UK Payments Council looks set to face new government-imposed regulations. In July, Britain's banks scrapped their plans to abolish cheques by 2018 after pressure from MPs, consumer groups and charities.
November 11, 2011 - Following its bungled and abandoned attempt to scrap cheques, the UK Payments Council looks set to face new government-imposed regulations. In July, Britain's banks scrapped their plans to abolish cheques by 2018 after pressure from MPs, consumer groups and charities.
November 10, 2011 - Federal financial regulators are required to conduct a variety of regulatory analyses, but the requirements vary and none of the regulators are required to conduct benefit-cost analysis. All financial regulators must analyze the paperwork burden imposed by their rules and consider the impact of their rules on small entities as part of their rulemaking process. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission are also required under their authorizing statutes to consider certain benefits and costs of their rules.
November 8, 2011 - Governance protocols within the Bank of England (BoE) need to be reformed sooner rather than later in the aftermath of the global economic downturn. That is according to a new report published today (8 November) by MPs on the Treasury Committee, which has stated that the financial institution is currently controlled under outdated internal rules and regulations
