Author Archives: Tom Groenfeldt

About Tom Groenfeldt

I write - mostly about finance and technology, sometimes about art, occasionally about politics and the intersection of politics and economics. My work appears on Forbes.com and International Finance Magazine. The Financial Brand ranked me 20 on a list of the top 25 global influencers in financial services and Jay Palter included me in his list of 250 fintech influencers to follow in 2016 http://bit.ly/1SSRXC6

Shazam! Experts Fell For a Fake Product From A Nonexistent Company In A Fraud Test

Posted on December 31, 2018

Cyber security pros and risk analysts should be better than the average person at detecting fraud, but a little over three percent submitted their personal identification information to sign up for an app described as “Shazam for voice identification.” Credit … Continue reading →

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Gates Foundation Supports Expansion Of An Open Mobile Banking Platform in Africa

Posted on December 31, 2018

Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group, have announced they will use open source financial services technology that was sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The two companies call their … Continue reading →

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Social Security? The Numbers Say To Get In Early As Possible

Posted on December 2, 2018

Take Social Security as soon as you can — at 62 advises Steve Maersch, contradicting just about everyone in the retirement advice business. He even lists some of them: The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Kiplinger magazine, Consumer Reports, Motley Fool, … Continue reading →

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Does Anyone Outside PR Firms Think Surveys Are Newsworthy?

Posted on June 14, 2018

In a recent blog at Articulate Communications I wrote about the number of surveys that public relations firms send out, and how useless many of them are. I just reviewed my Inbox to see what the recent evidence is…the results … Continue reading →

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SAS Beefs Up Cyber Protection With New Fraud and Security Unit

Posted on May 18, 2018

SAS has created a new global Fraud and Security Intelligence Division to help organizations better detect and combat threats from fraudsters and hackers. The division will further focus and sharpen the SAS efforts to combat fraud and cybersecurity threats. The … Continue reading →

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Consumers Prefer AI Supplemented By Human Interaction

Posted on May 3, 2018

Consumers are more comfortable with AI in healthcare than other industries, according to an SAS survey. Lack of human interaction is the most cited reason for discomfort with artificial intelligence. While the buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) can seem ominous, … Continue reading →

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Celent Seeks Nominations For Model Bank Awards

Posted on November 8, 2017

Dan Latimore, Celent SVP, said that after attending multiple conferences, including Sibos and Money2020 back to back, not to mention Finovate earlier in the autumn conference season, the Celent team remained coherent and was able to define some conclusions.   … Continue reading →

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