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Demand for cash shows no sign of diminishing

Cash is the criminal's best friend. And the grey economy's.  And so is paper and PDF invoicing for fraudsters. Should be outlawed.

 

29 Nov 2017 06:29 Read comment

Creating standards in preparation for PSD2

In Finland consumer payments - also in SEPA have been free of charge for ages - difficult for a new payment service provider to do cheaper..

23 Nov 2017 14:48 Read comment

Demand for cash shows no sign of diminishing

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/14258/demise-of-cash

23 Nov 2017 11:02 Read comment

Demand for cash shows no sign of diminishing

Very steep decline in cash has continued in Finland since about 10 years. And why not...

23 Nov 2017 11:00 Read comment

European banks shuttered over 9000 branches last year

Quite a different thing to have a meeting place versus a branch handling cash  with all heavy costs

15 Sep 2017 12:09 Read comment

European banks shuttered over 9000 branches last year

A minority of branches handle any form of cash in most Nordic banks.. Some may still play populistic cards..

14 Sep 2017 15:14 Read comment

European banks shuttered over 9000 branches last year

Late and still a lot to go..

14 Sep 2017 15:13 Read comment

Brits unmoved by new digital challengers

Tank you Jan-Olof! E-banking is indeed widely used for logging in to other services - like public sector and enterprises needing strong e-id - 85 million times last year in smaller Finland. Sweden should thus be som 150m times. Any figures available? 

12 Jul 2017 07:31 Read comment

Digital Identity needs to be focused on

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/13545/connecting-customers-30

10 Jul 2017 16:10 Read comment

Digital Identity needs to be focused on

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/14250/bank-e-id-service-rules-the-waves

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