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Retired Member
"EMV in the US" still seems to be a debate point. However, the potential far-reaching problem with EMV ("chip" cards) is deeper than its US roadmap. Big Fish, no chips Few people noticed that Barclays quietly dispensed with the use of "chip" for mobile banking: instead of a PINsentry dongle that worked in conjunction...
18 February 2013 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
As I am now checking out from full time employment I take this opportunity to sum up what we (not I..) at Nordea, Tieto, the EC Expert Group on e-Invoicing, the Real Time Economy program, the Mobey Forum etc achieved in the some 40 years of bringing more technology into banking and beyond in the new connecting-customers dimension. The world is by ...
US commentator Brett King is right in his claim that ‘the underbanked don’t need banks anymore’ (FinExtra blog, Dec’12) but, frankly speaking, his is only half the story. King offers an overview of some alternative financial services that provide the utility of banking. First he cites low-value convenience purchase accounts from retailers like Sta...
14 February 2013 /payments
According to the latest Bank of England statistical release, the amount of notes and coin in circulation is growing at about 4% a year. This has been pretty much the average growth rate over the past few years, although there was a large spike in late 2009 to over 8%. At around that time, Andrew Bailey, who was then the Bank of England Chief Cash...
12 February 2013 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
With the release last year of the iPhone5, Apple decided to pass on NFC, at least for now. Instead, they included Passbook, an app to store electronic coupons, vouchers, and boarding passes, which, using barcodes or QR codes, provide services from the likes of Starbucks, United Airlines, Ticketmaster, or Target. So why did Apple decide to not go f...
1st February will be remembered for many things including the end of the Cold War in 1992 and The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” becoming number one on the US charts in 1964 which many feel was the beginning of a music revolution. 1st February 2014 adds to the roll call of major historical events with the end date for SEPA (Single Euro Payment...
11 February 2013 /payments /regulation
Gary Wright Analyst at BISS Research
Like trains SEPA had a timetable, which like the railways is open to change due to foreseen and unforeseen circumstances. The SEPA project has certainly been on the slow line keeping up the train analogy, suffering from inert banking involvement and an almost complete lack of enthusiasm by just about everyone needed to make the project, not just h...
08 February 2013 /payments
Julian Farley
The BBC recently published an interesting article “Why banks are likely to face more software glitches in 2013”. This is something that we should all be concerned about. As payments become more of a commodity, we expect availability and demand convenience. We all struggle to manage our finances, make sure we pay our bills on time, only to be let ...
08 February 2013 /payments /retail
The Financial Services Club released their latest survey research last week – The Changing Face of Payments 2013. The survey had responses from 450 financial services professionals in a total of 63 countries, with the majority from UK and mainland Europe. The survey builds on a similar exercise last year, asking which infrastructures are most im...
06 February 2013 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Exponential A year after the iPhone was launched, Nokia's CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was still bullish: “iPhone is a niche product.” Five years later, Nokia lost its mobile crown to Apple. What didn't Nokia know back in 2008? The concept of exponential: it takes just 49 minutes to fill a huge stadium with water, starting with a single drop and do...
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