From the end of October, the B2B marketplace community Kontor42.com will be offering the first 150 companies the opportunity to register permanently as suppliers on the portal free of charge. The aim is to build a strong community of companies based exclusively in Germany or...
According to a recent study by the Bundesverband Digitale Organisation und Ausbildung, BDOA e.V., the direct debit procedure also offers the most advantages of all payment methods in e-commerce if all parties involved proceed honestly and correctly. Because it has the following advantages: A) Secure...
For the spectacular attack on Russian aircraft and military bases, Ukraine used a similar military procedure that creditPass had already applied for a patent for civilian purposes in Germany many years ago under the name "Drone Logistic Components - DROLOC" -> Further information...
The President of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Claudia Plattner, presented a local prototype for an e-wallet based on the European Digital Identity Act (EUid) at the re:publica internet conference in Berlin on Tuesday. The app is currently called EUDI (European Digital...
In stationary retail, information on IT security for routers & co. is hardly available, according to an analysis for the BSI. The situation is hardly any better in e-commerce. Manufacturers and sellers of networked devices do not adequately inform customers about IT security aspects, even...
OpenAI has introduced a new verification process for enterprise customers who want to access upcoming AI models via the in-house interface. This was announced by the US software company in a support document. With the verification, the company wants to "curb unsafe use of AI"...
The harsh US policy under President Donald Trump has intensified the debate about the extent to which local IT is dependent on US providers. Is the USA still a reliable partner at all? And what are the alternatives? The iX editorial team spoke to Oliver...
OpenAI has published the research preview of its AI model GPT-4.5. The AI model is more of a fine-tuning than a new product. Nevertheless, it shows where the journey of OpenAI's Large Language Models (LLMs) is headed. And so users are already getting a small...
With DORA, Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience in the financial sector (Digital Operational Resilience Act), the European Union has created a financial sector-wide regulation for cybersecurity, ICT risks and digital operational resilience. This regulation is intended to make a significant contribution to strengthening...
CreditPass continues to recommend and enable the low-cost direct debit procedure for payment processing. If the provider, customer and the underlying services are "clean", there is no reason to pay more for brand names in the payment landscape based on them. At best, our multi-credit...