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We have learned that there are doubts about some of the assumptions in the PWC report in the EC Green Paper on VAT collection released on the December 2nd 2010. As it is obvious that the next importan...
The fact that Orange is launching an NFC-enabled Samsung handset underlines the belief that mobile payments is an area full of opportunity and has potential to take a large share of the payments marke...
The term „liquidity trap" was suggested by Keynes (1936) as a situation in which monetary policy is unable to stimulate an economy through increasing money supply or lowering interest rates. ...
“For years we’ve been hearing that checks are going away, yet they are still used for the majority of B2B payments in North America.” I have heard that statement at nearly every trade show that I hav...
According to estimates: • 2.5 billion people have no access to financial services. • The number of mobile connections worldwide stands at over 5 billion. • Usage of mobile banking will double in less ...
The wild, wild web is the most exciting, alluring, and all-around awesome thing available to us today. It’s also something we have come to rely on to a fault. And that’s a little scary. The Internet i...
The news that JP Morgan is undetaking a massive downsize of its many trading systems is long over due and hopefully sets a trend for the market. Technology in this space has today run miles ahead of a...
SEPA is due to become a full-blown regulatory event once the end-dates are set by legislation. The first reaction to any regulatory change is generally that of ‘response’ – dealing with any required c...
Banker's bonuses are still dominating the news during the results season. The banks one by one, will all declare massive profits that are virtually the same as before the banking crisis. "Crisis ...
As world is talking about mobile payments, there is identification with mobile phone, which needs discussion. Some years ago countries like Turkey and Estonia introduced mobile ID- systems. End of las...
Dutch central government is ready for eInvoicing but in practice relies on paper Since 1 January 2011, companies have been able to submit their invoices to the central government by electronic means....
A previous CEO of Deutsche Boerse Group once said to me “You don’t partner with the Number 2 in the market to beat the Number 1 in the market – you partner with the Number 1 in the market to beat ever...