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Month: December 2010

Bankers Try To Censor Old Chip & PIN Flaw

Posted on December 31, 2010December 31, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Back in February of this year (it’s still 2010 as I write this), we posted about a BBC Newsnight report that showed how a team of researchers from Cambridge University had managed to find a flaw in the Chip & PIN system.

Tagged banking, fraud, payments, security

Most Visited UK Finance Sites: November 2010

Posted on December 30, 2010December 30, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

The most popular UK finance sites in November 2010, courtesy of data from Google.

Tagged web

Most Visited Finance Sites: November 2010

Posted on December 29, 2010December 29, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The top finance sites worldwide in November 2010, according to Google.

Tagged finance, web

Video: Concept Wallets Link To Your Bank Account

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

We’ve talked a lot about mobile phones replacing our wallets, but perhaps it’s not the end of the line for the humble leather money-holder.

Tagged innovation

Google Credit Card Rate Emails

Posted on December 17, 2010December 17, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

More on Google’s new service to email you the latest credit card rates, taken from their “comparison ads” which appear when searching for certain terms.

Tagged Credit Cards, google

Hedge Fund To Use Twitter To Predict Markets

Posted on December 17, 2010December 16, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

A recent research report has concluded that by analysing Twitter, it could predict the closing price of the Dow Jones index with pretty impressive accuracy. Now this research is going to be put to the test will real money.

Tagged Investments, twitter

Citibank Branch Of The Future

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Mashable has the details of a new bank branch launched by Citibank in Union Square, New York, dubbed the “bank of the future”.

Tagged banking, innovation

Google Offering Credit Card Rate Email Updates

Posted on December 15, 2010December 14, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Google is risking treading on more of its advertisers toes by offering email alerts to let you know of changes in credit card rates.

Tagged Credit Cards, google

Will A Google Phone Be Your Next Wallet?

Posted on December 15, 2010December 14, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Google has acquired a very small, barely up and running startup company that had some interesting patents in mobile payments.

Tagged google, mobile, payments

Predictions For 2011, From 1931

Posted on December 14, 2010December 14, 2010 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

This is a little off topic, but there are some interesting predictions for 2011 from the New York Times, 80 years ago.

Tagged future, history

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