However within the euro area a fairly wide dispersion of growth rates is expected, with German growth expected to be a weak 0,7 per cent, compared to 1,3 per cent in France.
We have introduced an additional factor of authentication for all e-commerce transactions, and are swiftly moving to Chip and PIN technology for credit card transactions.SMS alerts for bank and credit card transactions are a welcome advance relative to even the United States, where thieves find it easy to bill thousands of dollars to your credit card even before you know it is stolen.