It’s a question I’ve asked before, but is becoming even more pertinent as I see new identity management programmes being rolled out that are fragmented, uncoordinated and, in some ways, nonsensical. The point was brought home to me as I listened to the stream of discussion about identity management that took place as a workgroup…
I guess these desperate times cause desperate actions, as the last few weeks must have created the funniest spate of bank robberies ever seen. First, there was the Russian Sumo wrestler who wrestled an ATM out of the wall … March 9th – Total Pro Sports You always wondered why these sumo wrestlers gained all…
If you didn’t spot it, Facebook just reached 350 million users. That’s a lot. In fact, Facebook is now bigger than the USA (population: 307 million) and would be the third largest country on the planet if it was a country. Not bad for a website launched on February 4th 2004. To celebrate, founder Mark…
If you didn’t spot it, Facebook just reached 350 million users. That’s a lot. In fact, Facebook is now bigger than the USA (population: 307 million) and would be the third largest country on the planet if it was a country. Not bad for a website launched on February 4th 2004. To celebrate, founder Mark…
For quite a while, I've been trying to find some real-world examples of mashup technologies in banking. I use these services extensively in other areas of my life – on this blog (the widget for search for example), my Facebook account (feeds and videos), my Twitter account and more. However, I've never found a bank…
Fascinating wee blog called Bank Notes, dedicated to banks and the notes robbers use. The notes range from the obvious: 'Give me all your money', to the sublime: '$250,000', to the ridiculous: 'Give me money or I will blow up a school'. It also tracks which are successful and which are not and provides some…
Fascinating wee blog called Bank Notes, dedicated to banks and the notes robbers use. The notes range from the obvious: 'Give me all your money', to the sublime: '$250,000', to the ridiculous: 'Give me money or I will blow up a school'. It also tracks which are successful and which are not and provides some…
So, finally, November 2nd and here we are. SEPA day! SEPA direct debits go live today and the PSD was transposed successfully across all of Europe to become law yesterday. Apart from a few countries who missed the deadline. Obviously, Sweden who have always said April because the chap who was meant to transpose it…
