Tomorrow's Transactions blog
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Mobile payments will be huge, whatever the public say
[Dave Birch] There’s no point asking the public about new payment products, they have no idea. Mobile payments will be huge, no matter what they say.
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Pricing and payment preferences
[Dave Birch] What’s wrong with making the cost of payments explicit, provided cash is included in the mix.
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Why is card fraud in the UK apparently so much worse than elsewhere?
[Dave Birch] Three times as many Brits are victims of card fraud as, say, Dutch. Why?
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A theory of privacy to help technologists
[Dave Birch] A theory of privacy might help technologists to develop systems that implement it more effectively.
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Time to experiment with new ATMs
[Dave Birch] It might be time to bring some of the new payment technologies to the boring old ATM.
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New approaches to National ID
[Dave Birch] The UK’s new administration is going to have another go at identity infrastructure. I’m sure they have learned the lessons from last time.
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Positive changes in e-money regulation
[Dave Birch] On the whole, the new Electronic Money Directive is good for the e-payments sector.
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Finovate Europe
[Dave Birch] The first Finovate in London was a big success.
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Making credentials practical
[Dave Birch] We’re a long way from having an infrastructure that can help with educational and resume credentials, although we can see how one might work, I think.
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Apple and NFC, a strawman
[Dave Birch] Are Apple really planning to use iTunes for retail payments? Possibly, but not because they want a payments business.
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