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A discussion of trends in innovation management within financial institutions, and the key processes, technology and cultural shifts driving innovation.
Is betting on the Hollywood really any riskier than betting on credit default swaps? Think about it. Imagine you are traveling back in time and the director of Braindead and The Frighteners came t...
Interesting event occurred last week that highlighted a flaw in the drive towards paperless statements and invoices. So many organisations are now trying to encourage people to stop receiving paper an...
Where do digital innovations come from? From investing in research? From investing in infrastructure? From investing in education? From investing in enterprises? Or from investing in speeding up adopt...
The EU-commission proposal to simplify and unify - and thus speed up -migration to electronic invoicing – especially for SMEs – has now gained EU-wide support. A key element in the new VAT directive i...
If you are a user of a mobile banking service, you can experience the ease of accessing your account balance, last statement, but when it comes to transactions, bill payments, it gets challenging. On ...
Fluid Dynamics has a lesson for Payments Industry. When fluid velocity increases, fluid pressure decreases. This scientific principle - Bernoulli Prinicple - is foundational in Fluid Dynamics which
Listening to people from different parts of Europe, everybody claims that banking went online, and the role of branches significantly decreased. In my example, the last times i visited a branch of my ...
Elektronische Rechnungsabwicklung – einfach, effizient, sicher Thorough report for the most important market - with a 54bn€ savings potential according to Deutsche Bank Research. http://www.ecommerc...
So the FSA is going to beef up on its staff in the oversight of the banks. As I see it, this approached is doomed before it even starts. The regulator, whether it is the FSA or any other, cannot match...
Last week was recovery from RSA Conference, which was awesome. Cybercrime and Cloud were the main two themes, and I provided my Dark Cloud: Cybercriminals get Corporate Aware talk which draws upon bot...
“Future of E-Invoicing in Russia” took place in Moscow recently. The following was reported: “· Necessary legal aspects must be prepared for e-Invoicing during the first half of 2010 (Russian governme...
SWIFT magazine painting a wider picture. Only a question of time before TSU and e-invoicing services find each others. It is plain to see that a payment guarantee following on approval of an invoice c...