Large traditional banks have enjoyed a strong position for many years, one may say a monopoly position. Everybody needs financial services, and therefore everybody needs a bank. So for many years the large banks have benefited...
Credit (Risk) Management has been out there… forever, it feels. Or at least since 1841. The four V’s of Big Data Big Data is a much newer term. I tend to think that it’s a new name for something that people have been doing...
Global Trade: Where The Physical World Meets the Digital World When considering global trade (of goods, not services), people see in their minds large container ships carrying containers. Large container ships can carry more than...
Public Sentiment About Artificial Intelligence Through my Twitter and on LinkedIn feeds I see a lot of postings about technology. Many (primarily technology experts) write about the massive potential of technologies, for example...
The Challenge: Master Data Management Master Data Management (MDM) is often seen as a massive challenge. Today’s blog article may make you think think that MDM is actually not so complex. Referential Matching is the...
Knowledge Sharing; Capacity Building How will the future of Customs administrations look like in a few years? Which data and technologies can Customs deploy, and how? This week I spent a day at the World Customs Organization...
The Proliferation Of Technology A few of my previous blogs discuss the proliferation of technology, and the increasing amount of insights that technology companies generate about technology users. The underlying goal is to tailor...
Regulation’s Role In Technology Adoption Has cross-border eCommerce VAT tax evasion reached such a point, that it is now eCommerce time to get regulated? Many readers may be familiar with Gartner Group’s Hype Cycle, providing...
Conference on Customs Transit Fraud Brussels hosted today a unique industry conference on fighting fraud in the Customs transit regime in the EU. The conference was organized by the Robert Schuman Foundation in collaboration with...
The Amazon Business Model: Is Amazon Entering Sports? How Does Football Fit Into The Amazon’s Business Model? Amazon recently won a broadcast deal in which it bought the rights to stream UK football (soccer) Premier League...
