Blog - Darko Pavic - Global Retail & Fiscalization Expert

Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
November 4, 2026

The Next Retail Security Crisis Will Still Begin With a Human

[wpcode id="143619"] Why artificial intelligence raises today’s risks, quantum computing changes tomorrow’s cryptography, and retailers must rebuild trust around people and systems. The most revealing detail in the latest multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency theft was not...

Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
October 30, 2026

What It Takes to Build a Reliable Android Fiscalization App

[wpcode id="143619"] Practical lessons from production on software architecture, background execution, transaction integrity and country specific fiscal rules At our Retail Compliance Forum on 29 October, we asked Boris, one of the developers working...

Fiscalization, POS Compliance

By Darko Pavic
October 23, 2026

France Receipt Signatures and the Hidden Architecture of Fiscal Compliance

[wpcode id="143619"] Why NF525 turns a checkout transaction into a verifiable chain of evidence? A receipt printed at a French checkout may look like an ordinary commercial record, but in an NF525-certified system it...

By Darko Pavic
October 23, 2026

AI Is Both Overhyped and Underestimated

[wpcode id="143619"] What Gartner’s 2026 Hype Cycle gets right about the technology—and what it misses about the speed of business transformation Artificial intelligence can be overhyped, underestimated and already productive at the same time....

AI, Future of Retail, POS Compliance, Research and Development, Retail Technology

By Darko Pavic
October 20, 2026

Community Day 2026: More Than a Conference

[wpcode id="143619"] I am still processing everything that happened at Community Day 2026 in Belgrade (https://www.communityday2026.com). Looking back, I think we managed to create exactly what we wanted: an international meeting where people working...

Leadership & Innovation, Research and Development, Retail Technology

By Darko Pavic
October 18, 2026

The Future of Software

[wpcode id="143619"] When Code Stops Being the Moat AI is changing the build-versus-buy equation faster than most software companies expected. The companies that remain valuable will sell less of what is becoming abundant and...

E-Invoicing & Tax Technology, Fiscalization, POS Compliance

By Darko Pavic
October 7, 2026

Spain Moves Toward Fiscal Convergence and Large Retailers Should Rethink Their POS Investment

[wpcode id="143619"] The planned VERI FACTU delay strengthens the case for waiting on a speculative checkout redesign while the new B2B invoicing timetable requires preparation now Spain has given retailers a reason to reconsider...

E-Invoicing & Tax Technology, Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
October 5, 2026

Spain’s B2B E-Invoicing Gets Real: The Technical Specifications Are Finally Here

[wpcode id="143619"] The new Order HAC/1028/2026 is a B2B e-invoicing measure, not a new consumer-receipt mandate, but for retailers and POS providers the important story is where the two worlds begin to meet. At...

Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
October 2, 2026

Meta’s Muse Can Shop Across the Internet; VAT Still Lives in Countries

[wpcode id="143619"] Agentic commerce may remove the checkout from sight, but it cannot remove the transaction from tax law. The checkout is disappearing, but the tax event is not Meta’s Muse is interesting for...

Fiscalization

By Darko Pavic
September 28, 2026

Norway’s Fiscalization Model Puts Software and Supplier Accountability at the Center

[wpcode id="143619"] For international retailers and POS vendors, Norway combines a software-centered cash-register regime with strict product-declaration rules, a detailed audit trail and a new wave of digital bookkeeping obligations. Norway rarely appears at...