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Article | 7/05/2012 Technical problems disrupt Euronext trading in Amsterdam
Online trading in options and futures at NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam was disrupted for hours on Monday morning due to unspecified "technical problems,"...
Article | 26/04/2012 ZestCash claims bringing big data to consumer lending will revolutionize the industry
ZestCash, an online lending service for lower-income borrowers, has begun using a new big data-driven decision-making method that it claims will allow...
Article | 17/04/2012 EU investigates UK mobile payments plan
Europe's competition watchdog has opened an in-depth investigation into plans by three telecommunications companies to create a joint "mobile wallet" ...
Article | 11/04/2012 Japanese ATMs to use palm readers in place of cash cards
A Japanese bank will introduce ATMs that use palm scanners in place of cash cards, it said Wednesday.
Article | 9/11/2011 Tata's UK subsidiary gets $2.2 billion BPO order
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has bagged a £1.37 billion (US$2.2 billion) business process outsourcing order from Friends Life, a provider of pensi...
Article | 10/10/2011 Fire at NYSE data center causes temporary disruption
An electrical fire on Sunday at a data center of the New York Stock Exchange in Mahwah, New Jersey, affected communications connectivity to 58 trading...
Article | 7/10/2011 SpyEye steals banking codes by sending them to wrong phone
Researchers from browser security vendor Trusteer have identified a new variant of the SpyEye financial Trojan that tricks online banking users into c...
Article | 5/10/2011 Online banking fraud losses decline in the UK
Online banking fraud losses in the U.K. fell 32 percent in the first half of the year, according to figures from U.K. banks released on Wednesday. The...
Article | 25/09/2011 Google Wallet rollout going "kind of slow," Google rep says
Google Wallet has run into technical glitches, although the extent of the problems is not clear.
Article | 16/09/2011 MasterCard gives sneak peek into mobile payments future
MasterCard on Thursday gave a sneak peek into the near future of mobile payment systems and said that the Google Wallet application is within weeks of...
Article | 16/09/2011 PayPal unveils mobile payments for in-store shopping
PayPal has unveiled a mobile payment initiative for shoppers that doesn't require near-field communication (NFC) technology inside smartphones.
Article | 15/09/2011 US agencies making progress on cybercrime, officials say
U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cyberattacks with private companies, but cybercrime shows no signs of slowing...
Article | 13/09/2011 Vending machine company announces major data breach
Vacationland Vendors, a company that supplies vending machines and games to entertainment venues, has disclosed a data breach affecting about 40,000 p...
Article | 23/08/2011 Hong Kong police say they've arrested stock exchange hacker
Hong Kong police have arrested a local man in connection with an <a href="http://www.cw.com.hk/content/hong-kong-exchange-website-might-be-hacked">Aug...
Article | 20/08/2011 Star Wars coins are legal tender In New Zealand
The New Zealand Mint has taken one innovative step to saving the economy, and the galaxy! The government body has introduced a new line of coins that ...