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What we call now the Secure Transactions industry, which at the core of the ongoing Trsutech event in Paris Porte de Versailles, actually started being called the smart card industry, represented at the Cartes trade show. We have seen it evolve over years, and seen secure software solutions taking always more place than hardware. So shall we still have cards in twenty years from now? In the mobile communication segment, the die has already been cast with the inception of the

We’re back to Trustech! We’re back to meeting real people in real life! We’re back to Paris! Everyone is happy to celebrate return to meeting all the leading players in the Secure Transactions industry as Trustech is happening this week in Paris Porte de Versailles This morning, Grégoire Toussaint, from Edgar, Dunn & Company, gave his views on the current status of the payment industry. Major findings are unsurprising: cash is declining, as well are cheques; and electronic me

Standardization of instant payments has been going on for a few years. In 2017, the European Payment Council (EPC) has set up the standards for SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst), which are built upon the previous SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT). Typically, SCT Inst allows to transfer money between two bank accounts within the SEPA area, within 10 seconds, on any day of the year at any time. A threshold has been set by the EPC limiting the maximum amounts transferable in a SC

For years, healthcare public policies meant setting up a system that allowed public and private insurances to identify beneficiaries and to pay for their healthcare expenses. Now, especially, after the Covid global crisis, arises the need for better health-related data allowing to set up more efficient and more reactive government policies. At the same time, managing healthcare data in a more efficient manner will undoubtedly lead to a better allocation of resources. European

The economic slowdown triggered by the Covid crisis and the consequences of the war in Ukraine, including energy shocks, higher inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investments due to uncertainty, … is now affecting the digital services world. Twitter slashes 50% of its staff Twitter, following its acquisition by Elon Musk is crudely reducing its workforce by half. Some Twitter employees have simply discovered their layoff during a meeting when they were disconnected fr

All of us have been knowing for years passwords are not a satisfactory manner to protect access to information or services. Many users take them way too lightly and the list of most commonly used passwords always include “Password”, “123456”, “12345678”, “qwerty123”, etc. While the end of passwords have been promised for years, passkeys, an initiative launched by the FIDO Alliance, with the support of many blue chip companies including Microsoft, Apple, Google, and others may