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Hi there,
News that airline industry body IATA is in the final development phase for a digital health pass to manage the secure flow of testing and vaccination information for travellers will be welcome for those of us champing at the bit to get back to the friendly skies – not to mention the thousands of businesses reliant on international tourists.
The IATA Travel Pass, which combined with rigid Covid testing regimes is aiming to provide an alternative to painful and expensive quarantine controls, is just one of a number of digital health passes being developed for the new normal of travel.
At its heart, it’s a simple premise – providing individuals with the irrefutable testing and vaccination data they need to comply with travel restrictions. But coming from IATA means it comes integrated into its global airline booking systems, rather than any new external system.
Of course, with Covid, nothing is quite that simple and it remains to be seen whether IATA’s offering will win acceptance from health and border control authorities across their jurisdictions.
In other news this week:
- ABF lines up Singapore for paperless trade tech
- Gig economy comes under scrutiny after deaths
- Data breach honesty pays dividends (not to mention saving fines)
- Salesforce takes up Slack
We also delve into the world of accounts payable, with an eBook looking at what the future holds and how to sustain business continuity with AP automation.
Enjoy the read,
Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au
AIR TRAVEL
Digital health passes aim to bypass quarantine qaugmire
Airline body’s Travel Pass joins increasingly crowded market…
Airline trade body Iata is about to begin testing a digital health pass it says could replace quarantine and, combined with Covid-19 testing, reopen international travel – and sooner rather than later.
“The second key is the global infrastructure to securely manage, share and verify test data matched with traveller identities.”
BLOCKCHAIN
Blockchain on the agenda for cross-border trade
Australia and Singapore begin trial; NZ primary sector consortium kicks off…
Australia and Singapore have launched a joint blockchain trial in an attempt to simplify cross-border trade.
The initiative will incorporate paperless trading and secure, digital exchange of information as part of the future design of a Trade Single Window.
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FOOD DELIVERY
Cleaning up the gig economy
With Australian delivery drivers dying, calls for reform get louder…
Many businesses are suffering under the Covid-19 pandemic conditions, but there’s one business segment that isn’t: Food delivery.
“Companies like Uber do not care whether their workers live or die so long as the food gets delivered on time.”
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DATA BREACHES
Disclosing breaches results in less financial damage
But if you wait until someone else lets the cat out of the bag…
‘Fessing up about that data breach isn’t just a possible legal imperative, it can result in a lower cost of mitigation – some 40 percent lower, in fact – according to a new report.
“Proactive disclosure can help turn things around in a company’s favour – and it goes beyond just the financial impact.”
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ACQUISITION
Salesforce grabs Slack in US$27b deal
Is Salesforce + Slack a Microsoft killer?…
Salesforce has snapped up Slack, in a US$27.5 billion deal which Salesforce has dubbed ‘a match made in heaven’ and analysts have called a shot across the bow against Microsoft.
“This is the most strategic combination in the history of software.”
PAYABLES
eBook: The new AP department
What to expect for the future of payables…
If there’s any silver lining to be found subsequent to global economic disruption, it’s the catalyst it’s created for business innovation.
The global economic disruption has provided an opportunity to rethink processes to promote both short- and long-term success.
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