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With US Rollout Of EMV Who Needs Magnetic Stripe Anymore?

From 2001 to 2004, Target actively worked with Visa to push for smart-card use in its stores. The momentum was lost because of the concerns about cost, speed and the learning curve for clerks and consumers. Now in the wake of disclosing a breach of 40 million card accounts and 70 million customer contact records, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel, one ...

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Pat Carroll

Pat Carroll Founder/Executive Chairman at ValidSoft

Malware , the Achilles Heel of Mobile Adoption

Malware is hitting mobile like nobody’s business. It is a sad fact of life - hackers, fraudsters, cyber-criminals and the like will never go away and will evolve and adapt as our payment landscape evolves too. The real question is whether we have the tools to counter those malware attacks so our customers can securely do their business on their mo...

/payments Innovation in Financial Services

Bo Harald

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

Why you should ASK for proper e-invoices

With proper I mean structured e-invoicing - not e-mailing PDFs (as bad as paper mail - or even worse due to spam filters..). So why? Your supplier Especially small enterprises can easily move into e-invoicing as so many service providers - among them almost all banks by know offer simple input templates both for single invoices and file transfer. I...

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Bitcoin vs real life

Heated polar debates over Bitcoin are in full swing. Even the banking community, let alone non-fin companies, are divided in their opinion. With over 80 (!) competitors and wannabes, Bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency out there. More schemes are in the making. Only a couple will survive long-term (and Bitcoin may not be one of the winners). ...

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Bo Harald

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

Why you should OFFER proper e-invoicing

With proper I mean structured e-invoicing - not e-mailing PDFs (as bad as paper mail - or even worse due to spam filters..). So why? Your customer 1. gains convenience - especially with simple mobile payment approval 2. saves cost in the region of 15-30€ per invoice as payment approval and payments can be automated 3. saves much more when accountin...

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Banks New Frenemy: Threat and Promise of Telecom in Payments

Banks have seen a number of challenges over the past few years and now find themselves facing a brand new, unexpected challenger in the payments marketplace: the telecoms! Can telecom service providers give banks a run for their money in providing payment services to customers? That may be the case, as evidenced by the success of pioneering initia...

/payments Transaction Banking

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T-Mobile's 'Mobile Money' - where's the added value?

Last week, T-Mobile announced that it was 'taking on the US banking market' with a mobile app and a prepaid card. The story stated that the company was targeting this service at the 68 million Americans that do not have traditional banking accounts, many of whom rely on expensive alternatives like payday lenders. The account boasts no minimum bala...

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Are your payment systems safe and secure? Product selection

In my earlier post around security we hovered around payment security aspects and the importance of security standards like PCI DSS to your payment systems. We can now look into the specific challenge of product selection, if you are a CIO/CTO looking to upgrade or implement a new solution to meet your business needs then security and associated c...

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Pat Carroll

Pat Carroll Founder/Executive Chairman at ValidSoft

Customer Experience vs Strong Security: What's the Answer?

It’s good to see the Bank of Scotland focussing on the mobile customer experience. Clearly they see this as a significant competitive advantage, and promoting it as such, whilst also highlighting the security features of their approach. With mobile, streamlining the login process, enrolment and activation is key if banking apps and wallets are to ...

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Open Letter to the Bank of England: Concerns over Polymer

In December 2014, the Bank of England made a decision to introduce Polymer Banknotes into circulation, starting with the £5 notes in 2016 and the £10 note in 2017. On behalf of Cash Management Solutions, I have voiced my concerns in an open letter to the Bank of England: -- [STARTS] Dear [Name supplied if requested], I am writing to put some ...

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