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Trials and Tribulations with Prepaid Experimentation...

Ok, so I've had fun experimenting with the O2 Prepaid Card offering provided by O2/Natwest. I noticed that Orange/Barclays were launching a new Prepaid Card with PayPass - excellent I thought - this m...

04 Mar 2011
Tim Tyler

What do you use to pay a credit card thief?

As I read this piece about a teenage cybercrime forum founder being jailed, the above thought came in to my head - "what do the credit card thieves use to pay each other online?". Assume the...

04 Mar 2011
Innovation in Financial Services
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Direct debit or e-invoice, big confusion

Today I spoke with my account about e-invoice. As I would like to use e-invoice as much as possible, there are some obstacles which annoys me quite a lot. Even in Finland, where we have everything str...

04 Mar 2011
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
A Finextra Member

Why liquidity isn't just an issue for banks

This year could well see the highest number of foreclosures in the IT sector since the turn of the century. Recent figures indicate the number of failed businesses in 2010 was up 12.5% on 2008’s figur...

04 Mar 2011
Bo Harald

Germany storming ahead

http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=3709691&item=45330445&type=member&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_pd-ttl-cn Making it simple for the SMEs is the key. And cert...

04 Mar 2011
Innovation in Financial Services
Bo Harald

Searching questions needed

1. Do we in EU – widely enough - realize that preserving the living standards of today and having more to share to those who need help - is totally dependent on how competitive our enterprises are? 2...

03 Mar 2011
Innovation in Financial Services
Bo Harald

Save 50-75bn with e-procurement

Deutsche Bank report: “There is huge savings potential – but beware of outlandish claims. A conservative back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that a full switch to e-procurement may save between...

03 Mar 2011
Innovation in Financial Services
Brett King

iPad 2 takes the tablet game up a notch.

The Apple iPad 2 was launched by the so-called "rockstar CEO" Steve Jobs today in San Francisco to a broad reception of live blogging, tweeting and "cloud" participation online. It...

02 Mar 2011
Innovation in Financial Services
Robert Siciliano

Social Security Numbers Easily Cracked

It is easier than ever to guess or predict an individual’s Social Security number, which puts us all at a greater risk for identity theft. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a r...

02 Mar 2011
Robert Siciliano

Dealing With Daily Digital Surveillance

Our everyday activities are being monitored, today, right now, either by self-imposed technology or the ever-present Big Brother. Traditionally, documenting our existence went like this: You’re born, ...

02 Mar 2011
Andy Hunter

The innovative world of UK payments

UK politicians often accuse the banks of failure to innovate in payments. The UK Payments Council was at least partly created and empowered to change this position but has so far failed to make its p

01 Mar 2011
Innovation in Financial Services
Dirk Kinvig

Anonymous comments on Finextra

We have rolled out a new feature on the Web site. Finextra community members are now able to comment anonymously on the News Items, announcements, features and blogs on the Finextra site. All a Finex...

01 Mar 2011
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