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FST News in Brief - Madoff Suicide, Apple 18 Feb 2011 | 04:53 am
Mark Madoff suicide Mark Madoff, the eldest son of disgraced financer Bernard, was found hanged in his Manhattan apartment in December. This latest casualty is another in the saga that sent Bernard ...
Nicoll Curtin Technology Expands Commercial Division 11 Jan 2011 | 10:18 pm
IT recruitment specialist Nicoll Curtin Technology is expanding its commercial division, the first of a series of planned initiatives to grow its business in 2011 following on from a successful 2010. ...
PayPal Scammers Targeted by US Authorities 6 Jan 2011 | 05:53 am
According to several sources, US officials have raided a house in Minnesota of two exchange students suspected of card-based fraud, along with conning millions of dollars from retailers on sites like ...
Electronic Payments Overtaking Checks 13 Dec 2010 | 10:54 pm
A new study by the Federal Reserve has revealed that Americans are using electronic payment methods like credit cards far more often than checks. In the three-year period from 2006 - 2009, noncash pa...
Hackers Crash Mastercard Site, Claim Cyberwar 9 Dec 2010 | 03:59 am
WikiLeaks has hailed a ‘cyberwar' after hackers have illegally brought down Mastercard's official website mastercard.com, after the credit card company stopped donations going to the whistle-blowing w...
JPMorgan Staff to Trial iPad 2 Dec 2010 | 03:53 am
According to Bloomberg, JP Morgan is to issue its investment banking staff with iPad tablets as part of a six-month trial. "We believe there are real benefits in our working environment that can be r...
PayPal to Introduce Online Purchasing on TV? 24 Nov 2010 | 04:15 am
PayPal is working with a US cable TV consortium to develop a new 'T-commerce' initiative in which consumers can pay for goods and services on their television. The prototype service is being created ...
Google Android to Replace Credit Cards? 17 Nov 2010 | 04:14 am
Google's next Android-powered smartphone could eventually replace credit cards according to the search engine giant's CEO Eric Schmidt. The phone in question was revealed at this year's Web 2.0 Summi...
Security Focus Will Be Key to the Banking Future 12 Nov 2010 | 04:54 am
US Stocks reported good growth this week after the tech giant Fortinet approached network security company International Business Machines Corp about a possible takeover. Shares for fellow network sec...
PayPal Joins Micropayments System with Facebook, FT 28 Oct 2010 | 08:03 pm
PayPal has partnered with Facebook and unveiled a new micropayments system for digital goods and services. PayPal unleashed the system at the firm's annual X Innovate conference. The new system, that...
