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EU Digital Identity Wallet: strong potential but the private sector is needed to make this fly

Last week, the European Commission announced its plans for (a framework for) Dig...

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Is the Corona passport a good idea?

The EU Member States and the European Parliament have reached agreement on a ‘COVID passport’ aimed at opening up travel again within the European Union. As of 1 July, travellers will be able to provide a QR-code as proof that they have either been vaccinated against COVID-19, have tested negative or have recently been infected with the v...

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New Dutch vision on digital identity: citizens and private sector to benefit from governmental identification sources

Raymond Knops, the Dutch State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations,...

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Top 3 think outside-the-box ideas emerging from Central Bank Digital Currencies

Over the last five years, most payment innovations have focused on improving cus...

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3 must-do actions for banks to achieve relevance in the data economy

In today’s data economy in which everything has become a transaction, future relevance for banks is no longer based on payments alone. To help senior executives of banks to start leveraging their Open Banking capabilities in this context, we recommend three must-do actions to holistically address the components of a digital trust in...

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The future relevance of banks in the data economy

The rising importance of Open Banking, digital identity, consent management and data sharing has created a ‘Blue Ocean’ market for banks. We believe that they now have a unique opportunity to strengthen and truly safeguard their relevance in the data economy. But they need to start taking decisive action right now in order to demonstrate ...

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Why banks must become the data custodian in the data economy

The rising importance of digital identity, consent management and data sharing has created a ‘Blue Ocean’ market for banks. I believe that they now have a unique opportunity to strengthen and truly safeguard their relevance in the data economy. But they need to start taking decisive action right now in order to demonstrate that they can p...

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EPI: Paving the way for future bank relevance, and not just through payments

Sixteen major Eurozone banks have come together in the European Payments Initiative (EPI) to launch a new payment system aimed at taking on rival card schemes and the threat posed by Chinese and US big-tech firms. Although previous pan-European collaboration projects (e.g. Monnet, Eaps, Payfair) have not been perceived as a great success,...

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Dutch Wwft now amended in line with EU’s AMLD5

The EU’s fifth Anti Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5) urged the adjustment of the implementation rules of the Wwft (the Dutch Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act)[1]. In this context, the Wwft has been amended accordingly. The new legislation has come into effect in the Netherlands on 21 May this year.As highlighte...