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26-04-2012 - This week political events in The Hague showed just how dependent we are on the European Union: we had to rush up a package of economies to present to the European Commission, showing that our budget deficit does not exceed three per cent. Brussels is no longer a separate entity from The Hague, an... Read more >

07-03-2012 - The banks must find a solution quickly for the fact that iDEAL is regularly 'unavailable'. This was the message delivered by our chairman, Ed Nijpels, at the start of the Online Payments Congress in Amsterdam. Needless to say, my story on the Radio 1 News programme this morning was no different. F... Read more >

23-02-2012 - It was really quite exciting. After many months of preparation, on 17th February, in Paris, we reached an agreement. We are going to set up a new European lobby association that will promote the interests of webshops in Europe. Webshops that sell online products or services to consumers can join thi... Read more >

13-02-2012 - It's happened again. During ‘leak-tober’ the media paid lots of attention to the leakage of personal data via government agencies and businesses. Now we are in for round two. The hacking of KPN, Baby-Dump and Bavaria sharpened all our wits again. For the sake of clarity: it is a good thing that it... Read more >