September 2, 2014 - A global survey undertaken by the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) and SunGard reveals an attitudinal shift among risk managers, who are now increasingly viewing risk management as a strategic core competency rather than just a regulatory obligation. The survey captured the views of more than 200 banking risk managers across the world about their collateral and exposure management priorities.
September 2, 2014 - On 22–24 September this year, Caxton Group will host its flagship event for Cyber Security in the Energy & Utilities sector and gathering of international and regional experts and industry leaders from the government, energy, utilities, oil & gas and the academe. The event will review the current security landscape of the region's cyber domain and will focus on strengthening defense measures designed to counter potential breach and cyber-attacks directed towards critical infrastructures.
August 28, 2014 - Software quality specialist, SQS, has found that despite growing IT budgets over the past 12 months[1], the fear of downtime and a lack of resource is still holding many organisations back from embracing IT change. However, the risks of not doing so could be just as costly, with technology very much the driving force behind every successful business today.
August 28, 2014 - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has rolled out IBM's Active-Active mainframe technology to provide business continuity and disaster recovery for its global branches.
August 28, 2014 - The FBI is investigating cyber-attacks on US banks, including JP Morgan Chase, by Russian hackers, according to press reports.
August 28, 2014 - Deutsche Bank AG London Branch (Deutsche) has been fined £ 4,718,800 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for incorrectly reporting transactions between November 2007 and April 2013.
August 26, 2014 - Thomson Reuters has released a case study examining CPA firm Windham Brannon's switch to PPC's SMART Practice Aids to address the challenge of audit efficiency and over-auditing.
August 26, 2014 - Sequent Software, the world's leading provider of digital issuance and open wallet platform-as-a-service, announced today that it has been awarded a key patent for simplifying mobile payments and enabling fast and seamless transactions at merchants through the "One Tap" mobile payments functionality.
