The simple method is to freeze suspicious accounts to break the chain of individuals and institutions filtering the money, the same method used by President Bush in his attempts to squeeze the Al Qaida network.
A global survey has revealed that 39 per cent of financial institutions experienced at least one security breach within the past year. Of the institutions surveyed globally, 47 per cent have maintained or increased IT security staffing in the past...
Adding tracking chips to banking brochures and burying RFID sensors within the walls of the branch itself would allow banks to identify which customers are interested in mortgages and enable the bank to target screen advertising accordingly when a...
Cheryl Charles, a senior director at Bits, said: "There is a phenomenon of people being able to literally walk down the street to another financial institution and get hired. Major US financial institutions are working to set up a new defence...
On the issue of monitoring, Young added: "Consumers seem to feel comfortable with the notion of their financial institution monitoring their online activity and contacting them when something suspicious is detected, just as they have become...
A financial institution may offer the employee, for example, $150 per option. But the financial institution buying that option assumes a risk: mainly, that Google's stock will keep going up. This new, Transferable Stock Option programme gives...