Anthony Pickup

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Capgemini Invent

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23 May 2014

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Manchester

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After IMS Mobile Tracking app redevelopment, INSTECH IoT security and helping a number of companies on short term engagements in payments, FINTECH and a Start-up dooo.co.uk to launch a mobile-first platform for mobile stylists and clients in early 2021. I have joined Capgemini Invent as a Digtal Architect working across a portfolio of clients.

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Previously delivering regulated change to organisations; including set-up to launch of savings & loans digital-first FINTECH through PRA and FCA compliance. Also at CHYP as a Principal payments and eID consultant - delivered the world's first Live NFC transaction for RBS 2007, customer ID and commercial modeling for clients.

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Vehicle Usage Taxation (VUT) needs a new model in the 21st Century

Globally, there needs to be a new way to tax vehicle usage to encourage sustainable road transportation. This article suggests a new model that is fair to all and gives all types of vehicle manufacturers incentives to make vehicles more sustainable. i.e. vehicles should only be replaced when they are no longer viable. Currently, petrol and diesel ...

18 October 2024 Going green

Will terms such as HALO and LEOs enabled MNOs be common terms by 2030, as GPS and 5G are now?

As we move through the 2020's will these two terms become common in the Mobile phone and broadband ecosystems or fade away as the terms WAP and Fax have since the 2000’s. As a Digital Architect in Capgemini Invent, my role across businesses in assessing the technologies available and their use to deliver enhanced customer and client value is key. ...

01 March 2022 Online Banking

Are 'Gestures' and your 'Gait' the future to securing transactions?

About a year ago I read news that researchers have devises how to make how we walk protect private information opens up an interesting use of biometric data. (https://techxplore.com/news/2018-08-artificial-neural-network-framework-gait.html) The solution described in the article describes how a personal device with motion sensors are capable of sec...

11 July 2019 Futuristic Banking

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In the Blink of an Eye: How the Digital Age Intensifies the Risk of Bank Runs

One area that the AI generated Fake news may also drive runs on Banks and Markets in general - https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-23/fake-ai-created-image-of-pentagon-explosion-sparks-brief-panic

Where does the liability sit where fake news drives a run on a stock ...

02 Jun 2023 13:50 Read comment

FCA gets the jitters about payments firms; rushes out new guidance

It is not just thier customers funds at risk but also the customers credentials. There will nee to be suitable suoervisory checks on administrators when engaging in the sale of the compant and or disposal of its assets. Otherwise there is a risk this valuable data could fall in to the hands for fraudsters / criminals.

25 May 2020 09:24 Read comment

What is next for ATMs as retail payment technologies evolve?

PS - the presentation was for Smartex.com Smart Payments Forum

http://www.smartex.com/forums/smart-payments-forum/

26 Feb 2018 16:49 Read comment

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