GDPR

25 Jan 19 @ 09:35

On 1 January 2018, the EU introduced its second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), designed to introduce greater competition to financial services by compelling institutions to share customer data and APIs... read more

23 Jan 19 @ 11:57

Across the 33 countries covered in the European Payments Yearbook, cards in issue (+3.2%), and POS terminals by number (+7.3%) showed remarkable growth rates again while the ATM terminal estate... read more

21 Jan 19 @ 17:05

noyb (a European non-profit organisation for privacy enforcement) has put the GDPR law and eight online streaming services from eight countries to the test – but no service fully complied. In... read more

07 Jan 19 @ 12:27

In 2019 it’s all about data – a small, rather dull word for something that is profoundly changing the world we live in. New technologies, from voice-controlled speakers to “internet... read more

19 Dec 18 @ 07:57

Banking is not just about money. According to Lorenz Jüngling from The Isle Ventures, it is also about users and, most importantly, their emotions.  And, as Danske Bank’s Guri Hanstvedt... read more

01 Nov 18 @ 12:03

An unprecedented combination of drivers for change are at work in today’s financial services industry. Some of these factors, particularly digitisation, are influencing the majority of industries – driving increasing... read more

11 Oct 18 @ 08:54

There is no doubt that lack of trust in the payment system remains a fundamental obstacle to a cashless society. Research shows that consumers are now more concerned than ever... read more

10 Sep 18 @ 17:00

Two buzzwords often heard in identity today are self-sovereign identity and distributed identity. The reason for considering new models for identity is, among other things, to avoid a single point... read more

31 Aug 18 @ 15:11

Deploying AI in the payments sector – With the global volume of online payments set to increase by almost 11% a year between 2015 and 2020 (and by as much... read more

11 Jun 18 @ 12:24

In Europe, as in the rest of the world, reports of major security breaches continue unabated, despite global efforts to fight back with increased IT security spending – according to... read more

06 Jun 18 @ 09:00

Much has already been written about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its impact on all manner of businesses. The scandals which engulfed Facebook and brought down Cambridge... read more

21 May 18 @ 20:58

The financial sector, while forging ahead in other areas of digital transformation, has been relatively slow to adopt the cloud and there has been good reason for it: banks have... read more