Recent Online Banking White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - ZDNet
Recent Online Banking White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - ZDNet

• Capgemini Success Story: Citibank Taiwan
  Citibank Taiwan wanted to focus on core competence, to reduce the costs of Applications Management in Technology Service Group, and to leverage external professional resources on application management. Capgemini provided Applications Management services for Citibank GCB Taiwan in ATM, AVR & Internet Banking Authorization Front-End Systems, PC LAN application systems (including Lotus Notes and some MIS applications), Credit Card application systems, and data mining (using SAS). From April 2002, Capgemini also delivers Internet applications development and testing to Citibank Asia Pacific PC Banking COE (Center of Excellence). Technology of Citibank Taiwan is now able to focus on project management rather than coding.
• Cashferium Helps Retailers and Banks Cut Costs by Keeping Cash Flow Local
  With banks and retailers spending some ?50 billion each year on the handling of cash, the incentive for reducing the amount of cash in transit - one of the main sources of this cost - is powerful. However, with banks and retailers separated by a mountain of disparate processes and systems, the goal of a shorter cash cycle has yet to be realized. Startup Cashferium created a whole new process framework for the exchange of cash between retailers, banks and their ATMs. Cashferium then engaged IBM to help define and optimize these processes, and to create a secure, flexible platform for delivering - and continually adapting - its service.
• Augsburger Aktienbank AG: Web Update Puts Modern Face Forward; Increases Online Business
  Augsburger AktienBank AG (AAB) is a small private bank, with only a single location and branch office in Augsburg, Germany. AAB needed to implement a modern Web presence - one that would support real-time Internet banking and brokerage transactions, streamline business processes, and increase the number of customers doing business online. AAB engaged IBM to design and implement the new Web site and interactive applications. IBM developed the user interface concept and design for the new portal including both the public site and secure banking and brokerage sites. Hosting was moved internally and certain elements of the solution's new WCMS (Web Content Management Solution) architecture were customized to work effectively with the company's environment.
• Identity Protection Services: Security Solutions for Financial Institutions
  Perimeter offers an industry leading suite of identity protection services that include anti-phishing and pharming services to protect the most valuable asset to any financial institution - its customers.
• Paypal Hacks: Sell Subscriptions to Your Online Content
  If one's web site offers something special that people are willing to pay for, such as access to a technical information database or specialized business-to-business commerce site, one might want to offer subscriptions. PayPal makes it easy. Using IPN, the web server, and the online database, one can easily create an entirely automated system.
• Internet Accounting
  This presentation explains the internet accounting.
• Web 2.0 and Your Bank
  The Garland group offers FFIEC technology audits, risk assessments, penetration testing, social engineering, policy/procedure consulting and core system selections.
• Global Rollout of mySAP E-Procurement for Deutsche Bank
  Deutsche Bank's goal is "To exploit the opportunities more effectively than its competitors." And the company has succeeded in this time and time again. Deutsche Bank was the first bank in Germany to offer online banking services. Now, with the implementation of mySAP E-Procurement in Europe and in the US, the company is once again leading the field. By rolling out SAP's state-of-the-art solution to its worldwide network of branches, Deutsche Bank is streamlining procurement processes and empowering its employees with a wide range of Web-enabled features.
• Mitigating the Costs of Threats
  This whitepaper targets financial institutions and the most effective methods in denying online criminals. The report stresses the importance of the BD-BrandProtect Internet Presence Threat Analysis. This proactive approach employs three phases: Phase I - Information Gathering (carefully monitoring all activity within the organization) Phase II - Analysis (rating risk factors and condensing the findings into a report) Phase III - Response Prioritization(identifying one's most serious risk, and addressing corresponding risks appropriately).
• Examining the Costs of Threats
  This whitepaper targets financial institutions and the threat posed to online banking enterprises as well as their customers. The report shows how online banking is an increasingly popular new medium, which has drawn the attention of multiple online thieves. Finally, they propose initial solutions and strategies for online banking companies to combat these attacks and purge their own resources to find areas of weakness.
• Electric Bill Presentment and Payment - The Gateway to One-on-one Customer Relationships
  The benefi ts of electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) are undeniable. Although its promises have been promoted for a decade, it has fi nally reached critical mass in the market with the number of electronic bill payments surpassing checks in 2006. However, the technical and financial effort required for a biller to implement an in-house EBPP solution can be both challenging and expensive.
• How to Secure Your Customers' Confidence in Online Banking
  The presenters of this webcast discuss ways to help the customers feel safer when they bank and shop online. The attendee will learn how to take a proactive approach in preventing phishing and pharming identity theft attacks, as well as protecting against other emerging online threats like malicious crimeware. And, to further boost consumer confidence in online banking, Symantec has created the Security Internet Banking Alliance (SIBA), an organization uniting financial institutions to combat online transaction security threats. The attendee will learn more about SIBA and the benefits of being a member during the course of this webcast.
• FFIEC Compliance: The CA Solution
  The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is an important driver of compliance activities for a large number of major financial and banking institutions. This standard was initiated in order to ensure that adequate security, in the form of strengthened authentication, was being used for high-value online banking applications. CA provides the industry's broadest, and most integrated, set of identity and access management solutions. The core web access management component, eTrust SiteMinder, is the industry's most widely deployed solution for protecting access to critical web applications and resources.
• Solomon Mutual Bank Runs an Identity-Aware Business With BMC Identity Management
  In mid-2003, Solomon Mutual Bank transitioned from a client/server environment to a Web-based interface to meet growing customer demand for online banking services. With this broader Web access came the need for a system that would allow secure yet simple access to Solomon Mutual's online banking system. To meet the demand for online banking services, Solomon Mutual Bank chose BMC Identity Management to provide secure, yet simple, access to the online banking system. By implementing the BMC solution, the bank has reduced administrative and management costs by 50 percent and distribution time and costs by 90 percent.
• Threats to Online Banking
  The examples presented in this paper shows that the biggest threat to online banking is still malicious code executed carelessly on the end-user's computer. The attackers tend to target the weakest link. Once the attacker has control over a user's computer, he or she can modify the information flow to his or her advantage. This may have happened in the case of the businessman from Miami. The situation most likely will not change until new transaction methods are introduced. So, whenever using an online financial system, ensure that the system is still under control and not a spoofed puppet, or one could end up featuring as the businessman in the next fraud case article.