We all know how successful PayPal is but, just in case you missed it, then checkout the story I wrote about them in March. Speaking of Checkout, there is a potential competitor to PayPal emerging in the form of Google’s Checkout system. There’s already been a number of spats between the two firms, with PayPal’s…
CNBC in the USA ran a report at the end of June on mobile banking. The report is interesting as 2007 is definitely the year of the mobile phone, or cellphone if you’re American, with Bank of America, Citibank, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo, and ING Direct all launching mobile bank services. The mobile service…
CNBC in the USA ran a report at the end of June on mobile banking. The report is interesting as 2007 is definitely the year of the mobile phone, or cellphone if you’re American, with Bank of America, Citibank, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo, and ING Direct all launching mobile bank services. The mobile service…
Y’know I was going to write an indepth analysis of the ECB’s 5th report on SEPA titled: "SEPA: from Concept to Reality" (31 page pdf download) only to find my Dutch friend Donald at the excellent blogspot Linkdump on Payments had beaten me to it. If you can’t be bothered reading his whole write-up, the…
The government intends to scrap the controversial national identity card program. Instead, the Home Office is working with NATO and the US Department of Homeland Security to create a globally recognised standard for identity management using the latest chip designs from VeriChip Corporation. The program has been given the internal codename "C-square" – which stands…
The government intends to scrap the controversial national identity card program. Instead, the Home Office is working with NATO and the US Department of Homeland Security to create a globally recognised standard for identity management using the latest chip designs from VeriChip Corporation. The program has been given the internal codename "C-square" – which stands…
The government intends to scrap the controversial national identity card program. Instead, the Home Office is working with NATO and the US Department of Homeland Security to create a globally recognised standard for identity management using the latest chip designs from VeriChip Corporation. The program has been given the internal codename "C-square" – which stands…
It must be that time of year, e.g. it’s quiet in the summer so let’s release our research and get the headlines. After IBM’s report yesterday, I then got KPMG’s report on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) today. This report proves interesting in that it makes it clear that for all the money banks are being forced…
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