EU vs. Facebook? Or just peoples vs. megacorporations?
The new European Commission DSA and DMA can be seen as the latest episode in the fight between governments and megacorporations.
GAFAMs under a new US administration
The inauguration of Joe Biden as the new president of the US takes place today. While such an event should only be of interest for American citizens, it may well have implications for our industry worldwide and for the life of the rest of us. Dominant positions from technology companies have already been an issue for a while. History is a perpetual pendulum movement between totally free markets that lead to limitless growth of some economic players and government attempts to
New York, Paris: the end of an era
Announcements from transit authorities in major world cities show we are reaching the end of an era: New York and Paris transit authorities now accept contactless payments all over their network and are engaged in a process to discontinue all magstripe tickets and cards in the coming months. Magstripe has played a significant role a few decades ago as the first step towards automation of payments. For the first time, they were a means to control mass transit payment without h
What’s in the cards for 2021?
2020 has seen the continuation of trends, making the secure transactions industry fare quite well... Will 2021 be radically different?
