This BankNXT 2015 roundup post is about banking security, including cybersecurity, biometrics, and blockchain. Sourced through Scoop.it from: banknxt.com

Russia Beat Emerging Markets despite Oil, Sanctions, and War Undeterred by oil, sanctions, or war Russia, the world’s largest country by size, has been makin… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

A slowdown in economic activity in EMs and the currency weakness against the US dollar together have pushed up the debt-to-GDP ratio in these regions Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.livemint.com

Comparing Emerging and Advanced Markets: Current Trends and Challenges by Marcus Goncalves English | 2014 | ISBN: 1631570153 | 140 pages | PDF | 3,8 MB Comparing Emerging and Advanced Mar Sourced through Scoop.it from: vsenayti.biz

While most emerging markets are exposed to the negative shocks due to the Chinese slowdown and the crashing commodity prices, India is in a rather privileged position. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.commodityonline.com

Accenture has warned local banking communities in Asia to wake up: It took just nine months for investment in the region’s non-banking fintechs to quadruple.. Sourced through Scoop.it from: emc.smh.re

Despite some darker predictions earlier in the season, it seems that retail sales may have bucked expectations down the stretch during the holiday after Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Though Apple Pay got a lot of attention when it launched, it has had a hard time so far holding on to all that consumer interest. In fact, as PYMNTS and Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Sure, the gifts may all have been open, the roast beef consumed and the carols all sung — and yet the holiday season continues on for the retailers of Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

A new card flaw in the card transaction has been revealed by the German security experts. This flaw, capable of cloning the entire card and hacking the entire protocol, cannot be removed by just a mere software patch. Sourced through…