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To ensure a smooth flow of goods and services, trade is now being digitized. eIDAS adds more functionality and trust to digitization tools like qualified electronic signatures and seals, electronic timestamps and electronic registered delivery services.

Under eIDAS, the EU aims to facilitate cross-border digital transactions and pave the way for a Digital Single Market. Qualified electronic signatures and seals play a decisive role with this goal. Read in our article how to benefit from eIDAS.

Using an e-signature solution with a Hardware Security Module (HSM) ensures that cryptographic keys and digital identities are secured centrally .

Bank of Lithuania has created an ecosystem that attracts FinTech innovation and financial services companies. Read more about the bank and its PSD2-based ecosystem for FinTechs in this article.

E-signatures provide a fast, secure, efficient and cost-effective alternative to paper signing and the eIDAS regulation ensures legal certainty across the EU with its requirements for Basic, Advanced and Qualified e-signatures.

PSD2 or also named the 2nd Payment Services Directive is nationallaw in all EU member states. Read how to implement the new directive ans how to stay compliant.

This article looks into how CC-certified and eIDAS-compliant Utimaco HSM integrates with the Bank-Verlag Signature Activation Module (SAM) and helps Bank-Verlag become a TSP.

Payment Cards Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) compliance protects vulnerable customers who are unaware of the complex technologies behind the scenes.

The payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) has a large security baseline that it requires for all financial institutions to comply with. Read in this article more about the PCI compliance.

The anonymity provided by some blockchains is one of the largest attractions about this technology. For business adoption however it poses problems.

Supply chain optimization has been one of the primary ways to squeeze a bit more efficiency out of business processes. This has increased risks as the logical conclusion of such unabated cost optimization is often a single sourcing strategy.

In this blog post, we will take a look at eIDAS requirements, combined with other legal guidelines and principles as applied in the payment, banking and financial services industry.