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Each week seems to be worse than the last in terms of outages that are affecting leading B2C brands. Whether it's the banking industry, web service providers or retailers, the severity and impact of ...
Over the past 10 years, I have seen the terminology of e-Invoicing mean many things. In most cases, many managers will still view this as eliminating paper via OCR and Workflow -- well others now view...
We often talk about mobile banking from a technological point of view, about the fancy new tools which allow customers to view the status of their accounts or execute simple transactions. Many have th...
I will keep this blog post short and jump straight to the point (following our recent discussions with a number of key industry players who develop m-wallet platforms as well as phone-bound secure ele...
Check printing is expensive. It is time consuming, labor intensive, and comes with the added costs associated with paper stock, ink, and postage. There is no doubt that migrating to electronic payment...
The past decade has witnessed the wholesale electronification of global trading. The term “low touch” was coined to describe exactly this and the electronic routing of client orders to markets with th...
After almost two years since the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) was put on the statute books, the first swap-related articles finally take effect on 12th October this year. Now everyone can be assured they are ...
FATCA is on everyone’s minds right now, with many financial institutions trying to figure out cost-effective and efficient ways to comply with this new IRS-driven regulation. However, it is important ...
Apparently Sweden is so close to being a cashless society (cash represents only 3% of the economy) that even churches have card readers for taking donations. Hmm. I have to admit to mixed feelings abo...
In today’s connected world it is critical that all transactions are running as efficiently as possible, and for organisations such as banks, ensuring any cash and payment services are working at all t...
System integration issues continue to present unique challenges to organisations seeking to make strategic decisions regarding product selection. Delivering applications to satisfy business needs requ...
For those in a hurry, here is an executive summary: ISO 9798, assisted by the likes of Verayo (as well as femtocells and in-store Wi-Fi). Anyone remotely familiar with EMV knows that it's a mess. EMV...