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The latest version of the EU eMoney directive comes into force in April 2011. Having attended the World Roundtable on Electronic Money Management, hosted by the Malaysian Central Bank, Bank Negara in ...
If ever there was doubt about the organised nature of fraud and financial crime, the recent report by the Anti Phishing Working Group says that, of the phishing attacks that took place globally in th...
Some weeks after the EPCA Conference in Disneyland some thought keep coming back in my mind: payments business will never be the same … Let me summarize: 1. people’s behaviour is continuously changi
No B-movie or schlocky sitcom is complete without the "letter from the grave" plot device- in which the recently departed get to tell those who are left behind where the money (or the skelet...
Traditionally, the financial services industry has insisted on paper copies of documents to confirm a person's identity when bringing on new customers. But the time and resources required to provide
My sister who works in Paypal sent me this oldie. Didn’t see it before and I thought it’s too fun not to share ;) Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1nKR3gYRY8 I don suffer no be small Upon say ...
The announcement that a US credit union will be the first to issue EMV cards proves there is more than one way to make the business case for chip. The United Nations Credit Union says it wants its cu...
Gold is on the rise but reasons to buy more of it may progressively vanish. One should always be cautious of sharp reversals with precious metals due to the concentration effect during bull runs. Whil...
Two videos (week 18) with signposts on the road to a networked real time economy.
Since the introduction of internet banking, customer behavior as respects day-to-day banking has been rapidly changing. Whereas in the mid-80s you might have done 70% of your banking through the branc...
Blog is related to any news linked to the payment institution . This new structure created by the PSD allows alternative players to provide payment services and compete with banks.
As I stated in my last blog I was going to elaborate a bit more on the market opportunities of Biometric Payments these days. Through a couple of recent examples I hope to give you a better idea on h...