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Innovation in Financial Services

A discussion of trends in innovation management within financial institutions, and the key processes, technology and cultural shifts driving innovation.

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16 actions towards massive EU e-invoicing adoption

In 2020 e-invoicing has to be the predominant method of invoicing in Europe, according to European Commission. In its Communication ‘Reaping the benefits of electronic invoicing for Europe’ and in its Decision ‘Setting up the European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Electronic Invoicing’, the EC sets out several actions to reach its 2020 vision. Under...

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Is e-invoicing currently in the trough of disillusionment?

Electronic invoicing and e-billing can easily be plotted on the ‘hype cycle of emerging technology’, when taking a look at posts, discussions and tweets over the past few years. Also the items that make part of e-invoicing and e-billing can be plotted on this cycle, once developed by Gartner. Currently it seems that electronic invoicing and e-bill...

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Does ambition exceeding funding in Finance IT?

Is Finance IT prepared for the impact of regulation? We’ve spoken to some investment banks in New York and London and it seems that banks are at risk of underfunding the implementation of regulatory changes in Finance IT and that staffing levels have fallen back, leaving the sector exposed. Our findings expect Finance IT sell-side spending to inc

Brett King

Brett King CEO & Founder at Moven

Too much information - dealing with exponential content

There has been much discussion about the impact of the so-called "information age". Prior to 2003 it has been said that throughout history mankind had generated a sum total of 5 Exabyte’s of content up to that year. Today it is estimated we generate this amount of content measured in days. “Between the birth of the world and 2003, there ...

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Uri Rivner

Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence

ZeusiLeaks Archives File 002: Alarm Bells

The holidays are over and it’s time for the second file plucked from the ZeusiLeaks Archives! If you missed the first one, it’s here. Quick reminder: WikiLeaks, the largest leak of data the world has seen? Nonsense! Trojans like Zeus lurk on millions of personal, corporate and government PCs, stealing data 24 by 7. Everything you do online – eith...

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Different Strokes for Different Folks!

Necessity is the mother of innovation! This tired old cliché was proved right by an Infosys-Asian Banker joint research study of 59 banks from 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region, which revealed that banks innovate mainly to beat severe market and regulatory challenges. However, the similarity ends there. The study highlighted that banks in di...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

What did you watch?

Decent figure for this - mostly still up-to-date video: https://www.finextra.com/fullfeature.asp?id=1020 and 3,5 minute animation: http://boharald.blogspot.com/2011/01/e-invoicing-happening-video.html

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Navin Rammohan

Navin Rammohan Principal Manager - Marketing at Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Schools and Banks: What's Common?

As a father of a 6 year old and someone who has a keen interest in alternate models of education, I’ve been fascinated by some of the talks by Sir Ken Robinson on creativity and education reforms. Some of his observations about the current schooling system have a strong parallel in the way the banking system was and is being governed. Structure &a...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

What did you read?

I posted the list below on 30.12.2010 and checked growth in selected page views today (3.1.2011) On EU: Questions European Tax Payers should ask: now 6516 views + 36! https://www.finextra.com/blogs/fullblog.aspx?blogid=2815 A digital Single Market – why and how?: now 2081 + 26, https://www.finextra.com/blogs/fullblog.aspx?blogid=4497 T...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

What did I write?

Looking back – some of the most viewed posts: On EU: Questions European Tax Payers should ask: https://www.finextra.com/blogs/fullblog.aspx?blogid=2815 A digital Single Market – why and how?: https://www.finextra.com/blogs/fullblog.aspx?blogid=4497 The future of Direct Debit – e-invoicing with standing order: https://www.finextra.com/blogs/full...

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