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Howard Berg

Senior V President,North and Central Europe, BPS
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Responsible for Thales's Banking and Payment Services Business for North and Central Europe. MD of Thales DIS UK Ltd.

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Why banks should consider a Digital First approach

By now everyone should be aware of Digital First banking. Its ability to enable both physical and digital card issuance, real-time card management or secure, straightforward free online payments, showcases the countless benefits consumers are enjoying on a daily basis. These digital features are delivering the cornerstone of modern banking – conve...

18 August 2021 Frictionless Payments

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Banking data – who owns it?

Banks have long been the custodians of our financial assets – our money, credentials, and our data – and the heart of our society. However, as digitisation has developed, so has the realisation of the importance of data’s value in enabling new services; from the latest Netflix suggestions based on our viewing history or emails on the latest trends...

19 May 2021 Data sharing

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Why banks can be the driving force behind digital identity schemes

The first internet protocol, invented back in the 1960s, only allowed machines to talk to each other and could not enable the secure identification of the person using them. This was not a problem for the first generation of internet users, who trusted the website they were on. But as the number of organisations offering services online increased,...

04 December 2018 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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The road to the cashless society

Thanks for your comment and as I said its an ambitious target at best but if Worldpay found one third of people hold such a belief then at the very least the conversation is properly on the table. Also worth looking at stats for card usage as well as notes in circulation and you see that whilst it may not be 2020 but rather 20?? it does appear we are on a path where cash will become a tertiary payment means.

11 Oct 2016 16:20 Read comment

Banking on IoT: Security in the Internet of Things Era

Good point Bo, the question will be as the use of real time e-payment, for example, increases are the current levels of securty protecting such interactions sufficent ? THis is where tokenisation, biometrics and geo location may enable us to offer not only a convenient but a secure environment.

20 Jul 2016 12:35 Read comment

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