138 results about this entity
Period: 02 Jan 2002 - 23 Apr 2024
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The British Banking Association is working with BAE Systems Applied Intelligence to develop a financial crime alert system that will see 12 government and law enforcement agencies warn banks of the latest threats to their integrity.
23 September 2014
Little more than half of Brits have used Internet banking in the last three months, according to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
07 August 2014
The British Bankers' Association (BBA) is investigating a merger with the Payments Council and the UK Card Association, according to Sky News.
22 July 2014
Mobile and internet banking is now being used for transactions worth nearly £1 billion a day in the UK, hastening the decline of the traditional bank branch, according to new data from the British Bankers Association.
08 July 2014
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Justine Walker, director, financial crime(sanctions and bribery)at the British Bankers Association, discusses how the financial risk industry is responding to a digital environment and how it is redefining risk classification.
23 May 2014
The UK is in the midst of a technology-led banking revolution as Brits shun branches in favour of their mobile phones, figures from the British Bankers Association show.
31 March 2014
British banks have joined forces with the City of London Police to use terrorist-fighting techniques to take on cyber-fraudsters, preventing the theft of nearly £175 million over the last few months.
10 February 2014
Following an Office of Fair Trading probe, British banks have agreed to ditch some of the fees they charge people for buying foreign currency.
20 December 2011
Plans to create a new legal entity identifier (LEI) system to help regulators and industry participants monitor systemic risk are gathering momentum, with Swift winning a vote to act as the registration authority for the ISO standard and a group of trade associations setting out their framework.
05 May 2011
UK standards body BSI is working with financial industry bodies to develop a working methodology for business and operational compliance in the banking sector.
26 October 2009
The credit crunch will drive a wave of outsourcing and offshoring in financial services as cash becomes tighter and banks look to cut costs, according to a UK study.
18 June 2008
The European Commission (EC) has launched a consultation on ways of making it easier for customers to switch bank accounts between financial institutions - both at a national level and within the European Union.
05 June 2007
A group of 11 UK trade associations have banded together to influence the way the European Union's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is implemented following fears that City regulators could take an "overly stringent approach" to the new measures, says the FT.
16 August 2006
A new working group - jointly chaired by the British Bankers' Association (BBA) and CrestCo - has been established to ensure UK compliance with new pan-European corporate action standards.
16 May 2006
Four major financial trade associations in the UK have established a joint industry-driven programme to help firms implement the European Union's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).
16 November 2005
A Web site designed to help businesses train staff to detect ID theft activity has been launched by the UK's fraud prevention service Cifas in partnership with Apacs and the British Bankers' Association (BBA).
12 April 2005
Losses by UK banks from non-plastic related fraud totalled £107.6m in 2004, an increase of 11% on last year, according to figures released by the British Bankers' Association (BBA).
14 March 2005
Four of the UK's biggest high street banks are participating in a British Bankers' Association pilot scheme under which personal and small business customers may access a range of banking services from competitor branches.
02 January 2002
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