People who collect cryptocurrencies typically do so to move away from traditional banking systems, but Versabank is welcoming them with open arms. “We’re a very unusual bank,” David Taylor, Versabank’s president and CEO
The cloud isn’t just reserved for startups and other tech businesses – banks and financial services companies are looking to tap into it, too. That’s the conclusion of a survey released this week
Published on: September 12th, 2014
Candice So
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Pay-as-you-go is about to take on a whole new meaning for Canadian shoppers.Canadian banks and credit card companies are set to announce a new setof guidelines governing mobile payments that willeventually move consumers
Published on: May 14th, 2012
ITBusiness Staff
@itbusinessca
Banks are facing more trouble from SpyEye, a piece of malicious software that steals money from people's online bank accounts, according to new research from security vendor Trusteer.SpyEye is a particularly nasty piece
Canadians suddenly have a couple of options if they want their personal financial data crunched into polished pie charts and neat bar graphs.Intuit Inc.'s Mint.com has now officially launched its Canadian site. The
Over the last few weeks, criminals have been exploiting weak fraud detection systems used for debit cards with "flash" attacks, where hundreds of withdrawals are made over a very short period of time.Banking
Published on: October 28th, 2010
Jeremy Kirk
@itbusinessca
HSBC Bank Canada is hosting a series of awards to celebrate Canadian companies that have made “a real difference” in taking Canadian products and services to foreign markets, the bank announced Aug. 23.
Published on: September 3rd, 2010
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
A Miami man this week admitted hacking into the networks of several VoIP providers between 2004 and 2006 and then reselling millions of stolen minutes.Edwin Pena, 27, of Miami, yesterday pleaded guilty in
Published on: February 8th, 2010
Sharon Gaudin and Robert MacMillan
@itbusinessca
Not so long ago YES Bank managed customer relations via Excel sheets, a practice this Indian bank was starting to regret. Use of Excel sheets for CRM also didn't square with YES Bank's
Published on: August 10th, 2009
Snigdha Karjatkar
@itbusinessca
CheckFree Corp. and some of the banks that use its electronic bill payment service are notifying more than 5 million customers that criminals took control of several of the company's Internet domains and
Published on: January 8th, 2009
Robert McMillan
@itbusinessca
The final actions of closing a mortgage transaction require lawyers and lenders to swap documents back and forth, trading signatures on everything from exact interest rates down to whether the owner is responsible
In many ways, the world has been a different place since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York – and financial regulators toughening up compliance standards to stop terrorists from accessing
BMO Financial Group's roots go back to 1817, but the venerable financial institution isn't too old to learn some new tricks. Take for example its CustomerConnect project, winner of the Gold Award in
Published on: March 12th, 2008
CIO Canada Staff
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