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Are brainwaves the future of biometric authentication?

Banking 2020

One of the chief advantages of biometrics is security – passwords and PINs can be compromised, allowing criminals easy access to accounts and cash. 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. Mind over matter.

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EMV migration myths: three lessons for the US market

Banking 2020

Fraud from counterfeit cards in the UK declined 56 per cent from 2005 to 2013. But card-not-present fraud increased 79 per cent from 2005 to its peak in 2008. Better analytics, security features and fraud detection is in place today that means there is simply not the gap in the market for fraudsters that existed in the mid-2000s.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises 2005 John Jay Knox Knox, John Jay A History of Banking in the United States 2017 Timothy Koch Koch, Timothy Bank Management (8th ed.) Bye Bye Banks: The End of Community Banking as an Engine of Economic Growth 2010 Robert H. 2014 John A.

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