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Hacking into payment systems

July 3, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Tim Yunusov is a computer scientist and security researcher with a special interest in banking and payment systems. He’s also written a series of articles on hacking for New Money […]

When audits go wrong

December 5, 2022 Comments are Disabled

An auditor verifies the accuracy of a company’s financial records. He or she is supposed to spot any material misstatements, including those due to fraud or errors. And yet in […]

The initial reaction from traditional financial markets to the sudden bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX was dismissive. But could high-frequency trading (HFT) firms be the vector for contagion from crypto […]

Central banks’ zero-rate folly

October 13, 2022 Comments are Disabled

By keeping interest rates near zero for over a decade, central banks have created profound economic insecurity and financial fragility. That’s the argument of financial historian Edward Chancellor, guest on […]

Buy now pay less or…not at all

September 28, 2022 Comments are Disabled

How criminals can profit from shared liability BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) is a type of short-term financing allowing consumers to make purchases and pay at a later date (often […]

No Photoshop required

August 15, 2022 Comments are Disabled

How to create a debit card using stolen ID details Tim Yunusov, our intrepid hacking correspondent, shows how easy it is to circumvent technology firms’ ID checks–and to spend money […]

Justin Sun goes where Terra/LUNA failed

May 28, 2022 Comments are Disabled

It’s hard to stamp out a bad idea in cryptocurrency. Shortly before the Terra (UST) stablecoin collapsed earlier this month, destroying most of the $50bn once invested in it and […]

Crypto lender Celsius under pressure

May 27, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Cryptocurrency lender and deposit-taker Celsius Network is under increasing pressure after this month’s rout in stablecoins. As at 06.00 GMT on 27 May, Celsius’s native token $CEL was trading at […]

Fake IDs blow hole in Russia sanctions

March 8, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Amidst the escalating war in Ukraine, Western countries are seeking to step up sanctions against Russia-linked entities. But sanctions can only be enforced if the dividing line between permitted and […]

Kleptocratic money flows may kill democracy

March 2, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Democratic systems are at risk from a reliance on oligarchs’ money flows, says Tom Burgis, an author and journalist at the Financial Times. Burgis is the author of a 2020 […]

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Crypto lender Celsius under pressure

Fake IDs blow hole in Russia sanctions

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