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EMV migration myths: three lessons for the US market

Banking 2020

This has posed problems, not least the fact it’s the only country in the world where counterfeit card fraud losses are rising. Counterfeit card fraud to drop. In the UK, losses from domestic counterfeit card fraud fell straight away. Fraud from counterfeit cards in the UK declined 56 per cent from 2005 to 2013.

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Are brainwaves the future of biometric authentication?

Banking 2020

Facial recognition technology is taking off, while card-less payments using palm vein authentication technology are now possible. Back in 2005, a Malaysian man had his finger cut off by thieves who wanted to get round the fingerprint security system protecting his Mercedes. However, even biometric ID can be beaten.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

"Rusty" Big Bad Banks: How Greed and Ego Among the Big Shots in Banking and Government Created the Crisis that Wrecked Our Economy 2009 William D. House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street 2009 William D. Bye Bye Banks: The End of Community Banking as an Engine of Economic Growth 2010 Robert H.

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