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Asian stocks mixed, Yen to Dollar rose, the Kiwi plunged; These are the main moves in markets
August 9th, 2018
Asian stocks were mixed Thursday with Chinese equities again outperforming despite the ongoing tariff to-and-fro between China and the Trump administration. The dollar ticked higher, while oil held on to Wednesday’s losses. A firmer yen weighed on Japanese shares ...
Asian stocks traded mixed, Euro to Dollar down; Here are some key events coming up this week
August 6th, 2018
Asian stocks were mixed Monday as China pledged it will stand the course of a trade war with the U.S. The yuan pared some of its gains following a rally triggered by a surprise China central bank move to ...
Mobile Biometrics will verify trillions of dollars in mobile payments by 2023
July 26th, 2018
Mobile biometric technology is going to play a much bigger role in payments over the next few years, according to a new market forecast from Juniper Research. The UK-based firm predicts that by 2023, such technology will be used ...
Why Americans are warming to mobile payments
June 29th, 2018
Americans have long been laggards when it comes to paying for goods and services with a smartphone. Plenty still prefer to sign credit-card slips or even cheques. But there are signs that they are warming to more modern methods. ...
Chinese tycoon Jack Ma’s online payments firm is now worth more than Goldman Sachs
June 11th, 2018
Chinese tycoon Jack Ma’s online payments company just raised a huge pile of cash from investors. Ant Financial said in a statement Friday that it has brought in $14 billion from Chinese and foreign investors. It plans to use ...
Asus to pay millions euro to settle price manipulation allegations
May 15th, 2018
Taiwan’s Asustek Computer, known as Asus, on Friday said it reached an agreement with the European Union to pay about 65 million euros ($77.6 million) to settle allegations of price manipulation in its PC business in Europe. “Although it ...
Europe’s new privacy law will change the web and more
April 16th, 2018
Consumers have long wondered just what Google and Facebook know about them, and who else can access their personal data. But internet giants have little incentive to give straight answers — even to simple questions like, “Why am I ...
Mobile payments set to hit $4.5B market value by 2023
April 12th, 2018
Data from Allied Market Research suggests that the mobile payment market will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 33.8 percent from 2017 to 2023, to reach a market value of $4.574 billion. AMR attributes its growth projections ...
Mobile payment expects to grow 13% globally
February 27th, 2018
In 2018, more than a third of smartphone users worldwide will use their mobile phone to pay for a purchase a physical point of sale (POS) at least once every six, eMarketer estimates. The company analysed quantitative and qualitative ...
Facebook personal data use and privacy settings ruled illegal by German court
February 15th, 2018
Facebook’s default privacy settings and use of personal data are against German consumer law, according to a judgement handed down by a Berlin regional court. The court found that Facebook collects and uses personal data without providing enough information ...
