Progress with Electronic Identification (eID and eIDAS). Impact on Trust Services, FATF regulation and CBDC initiatives

Impact of Electronic Identification (eID) regulation and standards on the provision of Trust & Fiduciary Services, imbedding of FATF Regulation, implementation of provisionsPSD Regulation and development of CBDC initiatives

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UK Challenger banks’ market cools down. Part 3 of 3: Products, customers – strength in numbers?

Part 3: Introduction Since I started these series on the UK Challenger Banks, the world economy and stock markets took a hit from Coronavirus, when we thought that Brexit will…

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The role of Framing Effect in shaping the Big World: Joan, Gelya, Anne, Samantha, Katya, Greta and Malala

The paper analyses the origin and activities of a number of prominent child and teenage activists through a lens of a phenomenon known as 'Framing Effect' in the Psychology of Behaviour of Individuals and Groups. For as long we had the practice of influencing people, naturally or with intent, Framing Effect has been employed to shape people's beliefs and modify their motivations.

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UK Challenger banks’ market cools down – consequences. Part 2a of 3: Brand awareness, equity and value

Part 2a: Introduction Reading economic forecasts that UK will enter recession sooner, rather than later, I wondered whether the UK Challenger Banks have robust proposition (services’ portfolio) and are sufficiently…

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UK Challenger banks’ market cools down in recession – conditions and scenarios. Part 1 of 3: Regulatory environment

Do the UK Challenger Banks have robust proposition (services’ portfolio) and are sufficiently capitalised, i.e. keep their gearing in check, to weather the cooled down economic climate?

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Comparison and analysis of selected ‘Umbrella Company’ services in the IR35 regime for Freelancers

“Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.” Guy de Maupassant “There is no statutory definition of an ‘umbrella company’, although it is generally accepted that an umbrella company…

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