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FinTech

china-cashless

China going cashless thanks to fintech boom

30/12/2016(0)
Standing in line at a Starbucks in downtown Shenzhen, I suddenly realize that no one in front of me is paying with cash. They aren’t paying by credit card either. In ... Read More
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The Big Questions For Mobile In 2017

29/12/2016(0)
Well, the gifts have been opened, the roast beast is a memory being celebrated in cold sandwich form this week and the malls are once again full of shoppers ... Read More
volkswagen

VW Buys Mobile-Payment Provider PayByPhone for Parking Services

29/12/2016(0)
Move follows establishment of carmaker’s Moia mobility brand Deal adds to purchase of Sunhill Technologies last year Volkswagen AG bought North American parking-payment operator PayByPhone in the latest move ... Read More
SIA

SIA completes acquisition of Unicredit emoney activities in three European countries

28/12/2016(0)
Friday 23rd December 2016 saw the completion of the acquisition by SIA of the processing activities of around 13.5 million payment cards and the management of 206,000 POS terminals ... Read More
snapchat

Snapchat buys Israeli augmented reality start-up for $40 million

27/12/2016(0)
Snap Inc – the owner of Snapchat – has quietly acquired Israeli augmented reality (AR) start-up Cimagine Media for a reported $30 to $40 million, according to a media ... Read More
blockchain

South African Fintech Firm to Launch Blockchain-based Identity Verification in 2017

27/12/2016(0)
South African fintech company ThisIsMe (TIM), which focuses on identity verification, has announced that it will be adding blockchain technology to boost its services and is expected to go ... Read More
p2p-lending

European online alternative lending market volumes grew 23% between 2015 and 3Q 2016

27/12/2016(0)
TWINO, Europe’s fastest growing peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, and KPMG today announce the publication of ‘Alternative lending market trends in Continental Europe in 2016’ – a major piece of ... Read More
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PayPal Files Copyright Suit Against India’s Digital Payment Provider Paytm

25/12/2016(0)
In what many are calling a tactical move to stymie a competitor, PayPal has pushed forward on a copyright suit against Paytm, a leading digital payment service in India. ... Read More
banking

The dawn of financial technology in Islamic finance

23/12/2016(0)
Over the past decade, financial technology — widely referred to as FinTech — has grown primarily due to growing Internet access worldwide and the emergence of smartphones and apps. ... Read More
applepay

Android Pay vs Apple Pay: who’s winning the mobile payment battle?

22/12/2016(0)
Apple and Google have been competing in just about every field of technology for some time now – from maps to music – and mobile payments is no exception. ... Read More
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