Banking Industry
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IT execs urged to take MBA path to CIO's chair
News Frameworks, concepts, strategic thinking and business vocabulary taught in MBA programs are useful en route to senior management post, says academic.
Tags: Personnel management, Communication skills, Certification, Business, Nanyang Technological University, Banking Industry, business management, e-mail, teamwork, professor
OCBC wants technology safe and tested
Insight Because banks manage customers' money and confidential data, IT innovation must at times give way to security, says OCBC Bank CIO Lim Khiang Tong.
Tags: Innovation, Banking, Technology, Security, Singapore, Malaysia, OCBC, Banking Industry, CIO, financial
3FA not priority for Asian banks, regulators
News Banks in region still ironing out two-factor authentication rollouts and unlikely to implement additional authentication layer just yet, says analyst.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Authentication, Banking, 3FA, Security, Biometrics, bank
Online security services reach 25 million cards
News More than 25 million credit and debit cards have been signed up to secure online payment services such as Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode.
Tags: Financial, Web sites, E-commerce, Security, Cardholder, Online Payment, MasterCard International, Fraud, Card, phone
Report: As stock market drops malware rises
News PandaLabs statistics show how cybercriminals are taking aim at confused consumers in a time of economic uncertainty.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Phishing, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Antivirus Software, Stock Market, Stock, antivirus, Banking Industry, financial
S'pore bank refutes Trojan attack claim
News Singapore paper warns of Trojan targeting local banks, but one bank claims it was never attacked. Risk level, say security experts, is low and users anywhere may be hit.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Business security, PC security, Data security, Security, Attack, online banking, Spokesperson, Singapore
Checks may be gone in 10 years
News Their decline is irreversible, said a U.K. banking industry body, as more opt for credit cards and electronic payments.
Tags: E-commerce, Banking
Avaya invests US$8m in 5 executive briefing centers
News Avaya Asia Pacific, a provider of corporate networking solutions and services, has launched its Executive Briefing Centers (EBCs) in five cities across the region--namely Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Sydney and Tokyo.
Oracle flexes muscles with Indian buy
News Database giant completes purchase of major stake in Indian banking-software company I-flex Solutions.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions
Australian e-banking horror stories cause for concern
News Case studies presented in this year’s Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman (ABIO) annual report could serve as a warning of the potential hazards online banking creates for consumers.
Online fraud up but card fraud down in U.K.
News Card fraud losses in the United Kingdom fell in 2006, but online card-related fraud once again increased as fraudsters continued to target online transactions.
Tags: Hacking, Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards, Banking, Applications and tools
Case studies reveal the pros and cons of biometrics
Insight Thanks to problems in some large-scale implementations, biometrics isn't quite ready to take over the password market. Nonetheless, as these case studies show, in the right situation and with the right rollout, biometrics can be a very secure move.
Asia's financial players to spend US$42M on security
News The amount may seem small, but it represents a 40 percent increase over what SMBs in this sector spent last year, new AMI-Partners study finds.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Hacking, Spam and phishing, Banking, SMB
eBay fights back against phishers
News Auction company sets up free, private mail service in attempt to derail scam artists using its good name.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Web services
IT sharpens Interpharma's edge
Insight Aligning IT to the business strategy has helped Asia's largest pharmaceutical distributor differentiate itself in the industry, says Interpharma's regional CIO John Dickson.
Tags: IT Management, Business Strategies & Functions, IT outsourcing, ROI/TCO, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Infrastructure/architecture management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Business applications
