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Real news about fake apps

2nd August 2018 by Lishoy Francis

The (real) news over the past couple of years has been full of reports of fake news. Well now we have fake apps too. Last week this report from ESET [[Continue reading]

Filed Under: Open Banking

Rearranging the banks

10th July 2018 by Dave Birch

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In his new book "Digital Human", Chris Skinner sets out a straightforward vision of the bank of ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Open Banking

Open (but asymmetric) warfare

16th May 2018 by Dave Birch

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You’ve probably noticed that something big is going on in the UK. It’s called “open banking” and although it hasn’t made much difference to the man at the Clapham ATM just yet, it will. In ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Money, Open Banking, Retail

Merchants, payments and the open banking ecosystem

22nd January 2018 by Dave Birch

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A major focus for the entire merchant payments ecosystem in the coming year, will be the new threats, opportunities and players in the emerging open banking world. Starting with ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Banking and Finance, Crime & Fraud, Finance and Banking, Mobile Payments, Payment systems, Privacy and security

Who would have ex-Spectre-d this?

5th January 2018 by David Hearn

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At Consult Hyperion we’re always interested in the latest news in cyber security and in case you haven't heard, 2018 has started with the news that the most processors found inside current ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Banking and Finance, Crime & Fraud, Finance and Banking, Retail, Retail and Transit

Using Big Data to Identify Fraudulent Transactions

22nd November 2017 by Nick Norman

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With Thanksgiving upon us and the drive for mass consumption to continue through the Black Friday and Cyber Monday purchasing frenzy in the US, we regularly hear the comment ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Banking and Finance, Mobile Payments, Payment systems, Payments, Privacy and security, Retail

The Challenge of Delivering mPOS Services through Off-The-Shelf Mobile Devices

1st September 2017 by Nick Norman

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The last few months have been exciting if, like Consult Hyperion, you are attracted by the mobile POS (mPOS) sector. We’ve seen significant announcements from [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Banking and Finance, Identification and Authentication, Political, legal and regulatory, Privacy and security

From “Top of Wallet” to “Front of Phone”

10th August 2017 by Nick Norman

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Over the last few weeks, I have been working with the team inside Consult Hyperion trying to understand the potential impact of the European Union’s PSD2 regulation on our clients’ business. One ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Banking and Finance, Payments

UK Finance is the wrong idea

31st July 2017 by Dave Birch

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Payments used to be a banking business. Now it is not, and the interests of the banks and the payments industry are no longer wholly coincident. The banks don’t own Visa and MasterCard any ... [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Banking and Finance, Finance and Banking, Identification and Authentication, Identity, Political, legal and regulatory, Public Sector and NGO, Public Sector and NGOs

AMLD4.1, AMLD5 or 5AMLD?

5th July 2017 by Steve Pannifer

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I recently came across a statistic that surprised me.

Approximately 50% of new bank accounts are opened by customers that have recently arrived in the UK to work or ... [Continue reading]

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