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Alternative payments – Three unrecognised truths for merchants
As the European eCommerce market continues its meteoric rise, we spend an increasing proportion of our time looking at how to accommodate the diverse alternative payments preferences of European consumers. Our merchant clients raise questions like: “How do German consumers pay online, which payment types should I accept in The Netherlands, and can Italians use [...]
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Companies stockpiling Bitcoin against cyber attacks
A study among UK companies reveals that many of them are building a reserve in various crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, in order to pay off criminals in case of cyber attacks. According to the numbers crunched by Citrix and Censuswide, who polled 250 UK IT and security managers, one in three UK businesses is now creating [...]
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SWIFT outline path to Distributed Ledger Technology adoption
SWIFT has announced the availability of a new paper investigating how Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) could be used in financial services. Published in collaboration with Accenture, the paper is based on an in-depth technology assessment by SWIFT of DLT usage across financial institutions, highlighting the opportunities as well as the challenges for industry wide adoption. As [...]
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Blockchain in banking: disruptive threat or tool?
Blockchain could have widespread potential to disrupt financial intermediaries. This in-depth Morgan Stanley study suggests several misconceptions and identifies 10 hurdles to overcome to make blockchain a reality in banking. The opportunity is clear but the blue sky is too far off to impact its 2017/18e. The pot of gold? Higher efficiencies. It’s early days, but industry heavyweights are sponsoring a wide range [...]
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Digital commerce to reach $8 trillion
New data has found that the digital commerce market is set to increase from $4.9 Trillion in 2015, to just over $8 trillion by 2020. In perspective, the GDP of Japan (the world’s 3rd largest economy in terms of nominal GDP) was estimated to be $4.6 trillion in 2014. The research, Digital Commerce: Key Trends, Sectors & [...]
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