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Bo Harald

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

All-important KYC reused

KYC reused - good for Society at Large29 July 2018 | 3373 views | 0 The banking sector is doing most of the strong e-ID services needed in Finland. There are some 4000 organizations and all of the public sector using this services (dating back to the early 90s..). Central bank statistics reveal continuing strong growth also in 2017: 2014: 56,2 ...

Bo Harald

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

Direct payments still dominating in domestic e-commerce in Finland

Central bank statistics: Number of payments million times direct/card and bn €direct/bn €cards 2014: 56,9/8,6 million times, na/0,8 bn€ 2015: 65,6/7,3, 4,8bn/0,7 2016: 77,5/9,7, 5,4bn/0,8 2017: 88,2/17,1 (big increase in card trx - due to mobile?), 7,0bn€/1,0 Direct real time e-commerce payments started in mid-90s so the habit has deep roots.

Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

Bo Harald

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

Demise of cash continuing in Finland

A population of 5,5m (and some tourists) produced the following ATM volumes: Million times/billion €s: 2014: 145,1 million times/14,4billion € 2015: 137,1m/13,9bn 2016: 124,3m/13,0bn 2017: NA yet m/12,1bn So the rate of decline of €s has doubled to 7% in 2017 compared to 2015. Serious cost savings for all. Shops are not refusing cash yet - unlike S...

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Bo Harald

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

Latest on E- & M-Banking volumes in Finland

Central Bank statistics reveal continued growth in both banking contracts and its use for e-invoicing Consumers signed up: 2015: 6,230 million (entire population is 5,5 - so many are paying for service in more than one bank). 4,0 million use e-invoicing. Easy and convenient as mobile ad hoc or direct debit-like authorization is included. 2016: 6,4...

Digital Banking Trends

Bo Harald

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

KYC reused - good for Society at Large

The banking sector is doing most of the strong e-ID services needed in Finland. There are some 4000 organizations and all of the public sector using this services (dating back to the early 90s..). Central bank statistics reveal continuing strong growth also in 2017: 2014: 56,2 million times 2015: 69,4 2016: 84,7 2017: 100,9 (a suitable and very val...

Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Bo Harald

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

Seamless access to data in digital Europe

Eminent article by Markus Hautala - head of Blockchain Solutions at Tieto "Any thriving economy depends on the availability and free movement of skilled labour, products and services. Data has for centuries been an integral element in facilitating the movement of these assets. For the casual observer, it might seem that – thanks to the inter...

Innovation in Financial Services

Bo Harald

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

Craving for the concrete..

I sit on a fair number of boards and project steering groups (start-ups, established, traditional, think-tanks and government bodies) and act as an independent advisor in the digitalization area. What strikes me: - Most of us have heard and read about the radical techno-driven future. How data is the key part of any business and public sector steer...

Innovation in Financial Services

Bo Harald

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

10 years ago - and still not quite there..

Next step - e-invoicing05 November 2008 | 2575 views | 0 It is evident - paper invoices will disappear from the business to business and business to government sectors and then later in practice also in the business to consumer/government to citizen area. The 5 mega-class reasons are exceptionally powerful and clear to see. Everyone will bene...

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Bo Harald

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

Protecting costs - NOT consumers - Anno 2008

Had a discussion (in 2008) with a representative of a consumer organization at a conference in Brussels. It did strike me - again - how little interest these organizations have to further cost cutting in enterprises - in this case by moving to e-invoicing. The cost of paper invoicing to the consumer segment in EU can be estimated to over 40bn€ a y...

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Bo Harald

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

Questions on the long journey to the Fintech future at large - updated version

Summarizing milestones - my own experience mostly based on Fintech in Finland. (Union Bank of Finland>Merita Bank>MeritaNordbanken>Nordea Bank, Mobey Forum, Visa Advisory board, EU Expert Groups, Real Time Economy Program, Tieto, MyData etc): 1950s - Strong emphasis on payment standardization and four corner models > competition

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