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Papers, presentations and articles published by Earthport, about Earthport, and other industry resources which can be helpful in understanding the industry, building and justifying business cases and other supporting work.
Making Importing Easier and More Cost Effective for Small Businesses was authored by Earthport and published on GTNews on 13 Jan 2009.
The article explores how small businesses can now import goods in a more efficient way, reducing risk and minimising costs. Banks wishing to strengthen their product offering in the small business sector can quickly deploy a trade services lite solution. This enables the secure exchange of trade documents over the web, integrated with an efficient international settlement capability.
Payment Systems - From the Salt Mines to the Board Room by Dominique Rambure & Alec Nacamuli, Palgrave Macmillan. Available from Amazon and most major academic booksellers.
Published in 2008, this book provides an excellent high level overview of the payments industry, addressing the fundamental principles, characteristics, risk and business implications of payment instruments and systems as well as their role in the economy. Earthport is reported on under 'new entrants'.
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The Future of Finance after SEPA by Chris Skinner
A series of essays written by industry experts and observers in 2008. It is available from Wiley and most major academic booksellers.
E-invoicing 2008
Less than 5% of volumes are currently dematerialised. Annual corporate and public savings of up to €243 billion are projected across Europe as a whole’.
E-invoicing 2008 can be downloaded at:
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Online Fraud 2009 - Cybersource
In 2008, airlines lost an estimated $1.4 billion in revenues to fraudulent online bookings made on their own websites. This represents approximately 0.9 percent of total worldwide online airline ticket sales. The average revenue loss rate on airline websites was 1.3 percent.
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Second homes abroad 2008 - Savills
Savills estimate that there are currently 425,000 UK owned overseas properties. This is an increase of 35,000 units in the past 12 months with the total value of UK foreign owned property now stands at £58billion.
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2009 Guide to Technology in Treasury Management
Earthport was profiled in the 2009 guide to Technology in Treasury Management, publsihed by Euromoney in March 2009, under 'Payments Systems Review - meeting a need that cannot be bypassed'
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Reducing fees for international remittances
In a communique in July 2009, G8 development ministers called for the
commission charged on making remittances to be halved, from the present
ten percent to five percent in 5 years. The communiqué indicated that the
measure would free up $12 to $15 billion for immigrants' home countries
The following Paper was published on 9 Jul 09, by Money Transfer International (a not for profit industry association).
