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NewsCan jitter prevent ATM abuse?
ATM skimming may seem like old news, but it remains a big problem in the banking industry. The U.S. Secret Service ranks it as the fastest growing electronic fraud risk (fraud news) in the United... Read more...
IBM to buy Sterling Commerce to enhance bank offering
Adding to its impressive suite of enterprise software, IBM (IBM news) has agreed to buy Sterling Commerce from AT&T for $1.4 billion. Sterling Commerce is well known in the banking industry for... Read more...
iPhone making inroads on BlackBerry at banks?
Banks have long standardized their smartphone plans on the BlackBerry. It was after all email-addicted investment bankers that gave BlackBerry-maker RIM its initial dedicated core of high-profile... Read more...
Social media adds operational burdens
The banking industry has had mixed results when it comes to social networking initiatives. The ROI has been maddeningly elusive to be sure, but that may reflect early, very static attempts by banks... Read more...
The big picture: IBM and the financial services industry
If you aim to really own the financial services industry (financial services news) as a tech vendor, you had better be more than a product pusher--a simple reseller. It's all about subscription... Read more...
ATM thieves find a new target
Automated teller machines continue to make good targets for thieves. But one could argue that the issue has generated enough awareness in the banking industry that it's become slightly more... Read more...
Remote capture trend in the making?
We've talked a lot about using smartphones and devices to deposit money in banks, and we're seeing more activity generally. ClairMail, for example, has just announced it will launch such a service... Read more...
Gambling ban to affect banks?
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed in 2006, but it was never really implemented. It was a hot-and-heavy political issue, but one that the banking industry was forced to pay... Read more...
A big picture look at bank IT woes
The Economist has decided to weigh in with a big-picture view of the banking industry's IT spending. No other industry spends as much on technology, "about $500 billion globally," the magazine says,... Read more...
P2P transfers finally to become a reality?
For the banking industry, person-to-person payments have been a slow starter, but some believe that it is finally taking off. It just makes sense in this day and age for banks to enable customers to... Read more...
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