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If Apple will introduce iWatch, on my wish list is payment app which contains my iTunes card info. With this app I could pay my purchases, accept my kids iTunes purchases but also on stores in real wo...
The 2013 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey has been published and this year’s survey results indicate an overall decrease in the incidence of fraud attempts. This downward trend is due in part to ...
During this ‘countdown’ year to the SEPA migration end date, certain things have become apparent. Firstly, the inertia that has dominated the industry for some years about SEPA now needs to end, as we...
Last week while at a Financials conference I wrote about the “calm before the storm” – basically what will happen when the Mexico tax authority mandates the use of CFDI. As I stated in that blog, mor...
The fact that ING is considering the use of biometrics for customer authentication is unsurprising. However, the fact that the industry is not already at the stage where this is commonplace perhaps is...
The bio-rhythmical silent haptic alarm goes off on your Sputnik™ smartwatch, gently waking you up during the optimal sleep phase. You glance at the watch to check the outdoor temperature and weather f...
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com and one of the most successful businessmen to emerge in the last decade, once said: “We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to its consultation paper. There were six published form Krajowy Depozyt Papierow Wartosciowch SA (KDPW) Pola...
I had an interesting week last week. Not all of which was 'on the record' so to speak - Chatham House Rule and all that jazz. But I believe I can give ya’ll the gist of it. It started out with bankers...
First came Accounting Book of Records (ABOR), then Investment Book of Records (IBOR), followed by Alternate GAAP view. Now the next generation is here: Multiple Books of Record (MBOR), allowing full a...
In the current scenario banks need to compliance with FATCA, Dodd-Frank, EMIR and MiFID II. And we will not be surprised if we have few more regulations added up sooner or later. Also, they have limit...
On March 20-22nd 2013, Innopay organized the yearly EPCA payment summit, this year held in Brussels at the stunning Egmont Palace, in the heart of the city. On the first day of the event we organized ...