It was almost December 25, Christmas, and Jimmy Diamond was a happy man for a change. Just this week his bank had opened 100,000 new customer accounts (even though only 25,000 people had visited the bank); they had managed to sneak an extra 1% onto credit card holders balances (without informing most cardholders explicitly of the change); and had exceeded targets on mortgage foreclosure (even though 1 in 10 mortgagees were good for the money).

VST Enterprises, the Manchester-based technology company behind award-winning scannable symbol technology, VCode® today announces the appointment of former KPMG Partner John Hughes as Chairman. 

 Trifacta, the global leader in data wrangling, today announced that strong growth in Europe has seen the company gain a substantial foothold in Europe’s financial services industry.

OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions, today announced its partnership with AF Payments Inc. (AFPI) to provide multi-purpose smart cards in the Philippines to allow end-users to have one single card to commute and pay in Manila.

Delta Financial Systems (‘Delta’), the leading pensions and retirement administration technology provider, has announced it has appointed John Watson as its new Chief Financial Officer.

Following the appointment of Mike Robins, previously Head of UK at 3i plc, as Chairman of Delta in December 2015, John’s recruitment represents a key addition to Delta’s business expansion plans and the accelerated delivery of its new Platinum~Pro technology platform. John will be responsible for driving Delta’s financial strategy as well as all areas of finance, HR and operations.

 Matica Technologies AG, a worldwide leading vendor for financial and secure ID card issuance personalization announces its latest innovation: the XID9x00e Series. This new series is a modular, heavy-duty retransfer card issuance solution based on the proven XID retransfer printer (300dpi and 600dpi) but further combines a newly developed card feeder and encoder module.

It is ideal for government agencies and service bureaus for low to mid-volume ID card printing, de-centralized card production as well as financial institutions.

In 2016, we are subject to near constant headlines detailing the latest big data breach or hacking scandal. Many of us probably think we have a pretty good handle on the different types of security risks that can threaten our businesses. But the reality may be a little different. 

The introduction of new technologies, the growth of cloud computing and changing employee working practices have all opened the door to a raft of new security vulnerabilities – often without us realising it.