Real-time payments systems are proliferating around the world, with higher values and volumes together with greater cross-border connectivity. The industry is tasked with designing and creating the market infrastructure that supports this growth, and is increasingly turning to hybrid multi-cloud deployments to deliver a new wave of innovation that can take place within all manner
Connected retail’s worldwide success has shaken up both the B2C and B2B consumer markets. In France alone, e-commerce turnover is expected to reach—and maybe even surpass—the 100 billion euro threshold in 2019, according to La Fédération du e-commerce et de la vente à distance (FEVAD). Rare is the modern enterprise that doesn’t aim to sell
Simplify and secure the digital payments ecosystem and its sensitive data Payment platforms remain a favorite target for attackers because of the potential monetary gains and profiting from personal information. As new players expand the payments ecosystem, the transaction chain’s complexity and security risks increase. Cyber criminals look for weaknesses across a business’s entire digital
The Digital Edge Playbook for Payments and Commerce outlines how industry leaders are transforming their digital edge to leverage an ecosystem-based value chain for real-time insights and a frictionless experience. Our simple, three-step strategy offers proven best practices on how to re-architect your presence, integrate cloud and SaaS capabilities and enable new offerings based on
There has been a consistent focus on digital transformation within the Nordic traditional financial services industry. This paper, produced by Finextra in association with Equinix, explores how interconnection and collaboration can help banks successfully navigate digital transformation and secure competitive advantage within the Nordics, and indeed any banking ecosystem. This paper builds on this survey
Globally, payments are going digital—whether they’re cash moving to cards, QR codes at point of sale (POS), purchases moving from physical to online stores with electronic forms of payment, or payments becoming seamless with in-app experiences. This phenomenon is not new, but does appear to be accelerating. This increased speed of adoption is driven by
Open banking allows consumers better access to their data, enabling them to make better choices about financial products and services. Regulators support open banking in order to drive financial services competition, promote innovation and create new partnerships. Combining data from financial institutions with open APIs, developers are creating a new generation of apps and platforms
GLOBAL INTERCONNECTION INDEX IT’S SCALE OR FAIL IN THE GLOBAL DIGITAL ECONOMY As business models become increasingly distributed and dependent on the real-time engagement of many more users, partners and service providers, a company’s ability to transform into a digital business has become a matter of survival. The worldwide reliance on Interconnection Bandwidth is growing rapidly
European leader in fast-moving consumer goods selects Equinix CCE’s selects Equinix to build an agile, connected business and gains secure, responsive connectivity. The CCEP business is the result of a 2016 merger of three Coca-Cola bottlers. The merger was intended to drive value from synergies across the separate bottlers while consolidating certain shared services.
EMEA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE GLOBAL INTERCONNECTION The regulatory and commercial landscape is shifting with cybersecurity, GDPR, MIFID 2 and Brexit emerging as critical factors that impact the way companies and industrial sectors will conduct business in the future. These regulatory and technology trends mean that traditional methods of doing business will no longer suffice for companies looking