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Contactless payments take off in Canada
June 1st, 2016
The value of contactless payments made by consumers in Canada more than doubled over the past year, according to a new study published by Technology Strategies International Inc. The report titled, Canadian Payments Forecast – 2016, estimates that the ...
Top 50 most loved brands in Europe 2016
May 26th, 2016
Tech giant Apple is the UK and Europe’s most loved brand and dominates social conversation, according to a Brand Love List report launched today by enterprise social analytics company NetBase. Love, best, great, perfect and awesome were the top ...
Ethereum, explained: why Bitcoin’s stranger cousin is now worth $1 billion
May 25th, 2016
Bitcoin has struggled to live up to the hype that surrounded its emergence into the mainstream three years ago. Despite more than a billion dollars of venture capital funding, Bitcoin startups have failed to develop applications that appeal to mainstream customers. ...
Google’s French headquarters raided in tax probe
May 25th, 2016
French police have raided Google’s Paris offices as part of an investigation into “aggravated tax fraud” and money laundering. The raid is the latest regulatory headache for the US search engine and email company, which like other Silicon Valley ...
European Shares Slide as Bayer Leads Chemicals Drop, Oil Falls
May 24th, 2016
Fiat drags carmakers lower on German report of cheating Greece’s ASE jumps most in western Europe on aid expectation European shares retreated as chemical companies and oil producers tumbled, while investors speculated on the potential timing of a Federal ...
Asian stocks get a lift from higher oil prices
May 20th, 2016
A bounce in oil prices supported major Asian benchmark indexes on Friday, though the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates again weighed on some markets in the region. China-related stocks were up 1.5% in Hong Kong and the Hang ...
Undeniable Evidence That The Real Economy Is Already In Recession Mode
May 19th, 2016
You are about to see a chart that is undeniable evidence that we have already entered a major economic slowdown. In the “real economy”, stuff is bought and sold and shipped around the country by trucks, railroads and planes. ...
Android Pay launches in the UK
May 19th, 2016
Google’s Android Pay has launched in the UK, enabling millions of Brits to make contactless instore and in-app payments with their handsets. Bank of Scotland, First Direct, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, M&S Bank, MBNA and Nationwide Building Society are ...
The Endgame
May 18th, 2016
And how we got here There is a growing fear in financial and monetary circles that there is something deeply wrong with the global economy. Publicly, officials and practitioners alike have become confused by policy failures, and privately, occasionally ...
Even gold is not as secure as un-hackable Bitcoin currency – Bitcoin Foundation CEO
May 17th, 2016
The Bitcoin system is said to be reaching its capacity limits – spelling a possible disaster for thousands of those who decided to invest in the world’s top cryptocurrency. One of the leading programists from the company quits it, ...
