After more than a year of detailed research and industry consultation, the Australian Government has now released its review into Open Banking in Australia conducted by Scott Farrell of King Wood Mallesons. As one of the biggest shifts in the banking sector for many years, the review has recommended seismic …
Fake news. Fake followers. Fake clicks. Where is the trust and where is the love? Around the corner, that’s where. Tolerance and laissez-faire attitudes are changing. Enough is enough. As the French say: Ras-le-bol. The time for trust, transparency and self-sovereignty is now. While corporate leaders are starting to take very …
Team Meeco dived into the challenge of improving the lives of Australians with transaction data at the Open Banking Hackathon. The 11-13 August, 2017 event, took place at Meeco’s Sydney residence, Stone & Chalk, was an Australian Payments Network (APC) and Open Bank Project initiative. The challenge: How to improve …
How do you create engagement models around collecting data and reverse the downward spiral of trust? How can organisations navigate the line from being creepy to being cool when using personal data? We believe the answer is partly to bring the consumer into the data value exchange and equip them …
In a talk today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Trust in a data-driven economy , Katryna Dow, Meeco’s CEO & Founder, is unveiling The Rise of The Attribute Economy 2.0. Starting out as a simple article, the idea of The Attribute Economy quickly became a topic of discussion …
Beginning in the early 2000’s, Australia went through a resource boom. Minerals were extracted, jobs were created and the resulting economic activity supported the Australian economy through the 2008 financial crisis. The opportunity to capitalise on the value creation may not have benefited the country in ways like the sovereign …
Meeco is proud to announce that we have been selected as one of just eight NSW based technology start-ups to participate in the upcoming Austrade and NSW Government sponsored accelerator program in Tel Aviv. The program will take place in late September 2016 and involves an extensive ten-day schedule of …
How many 16-year-olds do you know who are intent on changing the world we live in? Hold that number in your head for a moment. Now, from that small group of ‘Generation Z’ers’, how many are already changing the world? I’d place a bet that number is pretty small. For …
Well, ‘powered by MeCast’ is just part of it. The entire event is actually a little bigger. We’ve written about this before, but to recap quickly, MyData 2016 is a three-day conference, starting on the 31st of August, hosted in the beautiful Finnish capital, Helsinki. The conference brings together thought …
“Up until now the power to capture, analyse and profit from personal data has resided with business, government and social networks. What if you and I had this same power?” This visionary statement, coming directly from our founder and CEO, Katryna Dow, was the hook that captivated me to start …
On the 15th June 2016, during the Trust in Digital World Event in The Hague, Meeco won the IDentity Innovation award. Organised by IDnext, EEMA and TDL, all of whom focus on developments in digital identity. The event is also supported by the Municipality of The Hague (Gemeente Den Haag, …
At this stage we can comfortably say that the personal data economy is evolving at an astounding rate. The attitudes, behaviours and actions of citizens, combined with legislative pressures are all forcing change. But, the big question, the one that enterprises globally are pursuing, is the potential of new value …
ID2020 will host its first Summit at the United Nations headquarters in NYC, on Friday 20th May, 2016. The ID2020 Annual Summit will bring together industry leaders, NGOs, governments, emerging technology pioneers and cross-industry experts from both the public and private sector. The aim is, together participants will foster a global …
“Computing became personal in the 1980’s, networking in the 1990’s, media in the 2000’s: Now it’s data’s turn to become personal!” MyData 2016 The persona data market is at in inflexion point. With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becoming legislated across the EU at the start of 2018, personal …
“We expect and predict that Life Management Platforms with related standards, protocols, business models, applications, etc. will be the one technology driven component that will have the strongest influence on our everyday life for the next 10 years.” …
With last week’s news from the European Parliament consolidating the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) into EU law, now more than ever, organisations need to find new trust-based models. The Privacy Advantage – London’s first conference focused on the integration of commercial opportunity and privacy – is soon to take place …
“So I bought this jacket I’d been interested in for a while a couple of weeks ago. With next day shipping I had it quickly and was totally content with my purchase. Then, as per usual, I get back on Google. Day-by-day I noticed the sites I’m browsing advertising the …
When moving countries, there’s actually quite a lot one must do to establish a foundation for your life in a new location. Having only been in the UK for eight weeks, I speak from recent experience. One such activity is opening a bank account. My wife and I innocently, after …
Change is hard. But when up to 4% of global revenues are the fine for not changing, change becomes a little easier. This is the reality for an enterprise conducting business in the European Union, if personal data is misused. However, the evolving regulatory landscape isn’t the only the only …
In today’s digital economy, accurate customer data is recognised as a key strategic resource, yet 78% of consumers think it’s hard to trust companies with their data. In fact, by the year 2020, it’s estimated the personal data market in Europe alone will be worth over 1 Trillian Euro. In this new …
