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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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
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...