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Today, the European Commission has published a review of the Small Business Act, which is the legal framework for a number of pro-small business initiatives, including provisions to promote timely pa...
It is 15 years since my first business trip (on behalf of a bank) to China - Pudong which, as a New Open Economic Zone, was still a work in progress and then visits to factories along the Pearl River,...
2011 is the year of mobile aka near field communication (NFC) payments. Again? Well this year it definitely looks more promising. According to analyst firm Juniper Research, mobile phone payments wi...
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were at least 662 data breaches in 2010, which exposed more than 16 million records. Nearly two-thirds of breaches exposed Social Security numbe...
Everyday we’re making choices in the digital and physical worlds between one brand and another. Sometimes we choose a brand because they provide us with great service, but sometimes it’s simply becaus...
It’s funny where your inspiration comes from. I had to do my annual tax return recently, which amazingly resulted in a small refund. What surprised me though (or maybe it shouldn’t) is that Her Maj
Last week, Visa Inc announced that it would eliminate the requirement for eligible merchants to annually validate their compliance with the PCI DSS for any year in which at least 75 percent of the me...
Consolidation upon consolidation in the Exchange and MTF space with the values given to the purchased or merged business leaves me thinking that in the end there can be only one. The many MTFs set up ...
“…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Said Benjamin Franklin in 1789. Still true of course but in a different measure now with increasing life expectancy on one s...
It may have slipped your attention, but the European Commission consultation on CSDs (central securities depositories) and “harmonising certain aspects of securities settlement” will be closing for fe...
First Direct invited me to moderate a roundtable looking at social media in financial services in conjunction with Social Media Week (last week). (I had planned to do a blog on this sooner - but desp...
2019: What we did to fight APTs The 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner by Ridley Scott is one of my old time favorites. Harrison Ford chases androids in a futuristic, visually stunning Los Angels. The futu...