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Wearable Payment Market to Grow Nearly 60% CAGR to 2020
November 24th, 2016
The global wearable payment market analyst says one of latest trends in the market is decline in cost of wearable devices. Smartwatch, which is one of the latest technologically advanced fashionable accessories, has high growth prospects but is expensive ...
Oil prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism
November 18th, 2016
Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday as the strengthening U.S. dollar snuffed out rekindled hopes that OPEC might agree production cuts. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 13 cents at $46.36 per barrel at ...
Robot lawyer Visabot is available in beta on Facebook Messenger
November 17th, 2016
Visa lawyer bot pledges to ‘help immigrants make America great again’ A bot that helps people complete visa applications to enter the United States has launched in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. Available in beta on Facebook Messenger, Visabot helps complete ...
Germany and the European Commission rejected calls to impose taxes on imports from USA
November 15th, 2016
Germany and the European Commission rejected on Monday (14 November) calls by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to impose taxes on imports from the United States if President-elect Donald Trump quits a global agreement for fighting climate change. Trump, ...
UNICEF invests in tech start-ups; first investment in a blockchain start-up
November 15th, 2016
UNICEF today announces its first portfolio of investments in open source technology solutions including tools that improve connectivity, real time data collection, identity technology and learning. The UNICEF Innovation Fund applies a venture capital approach to source solutions for ...
Dubai named among world’s most reputable cities; Which city take the first place and which are taking the last spots
November 14th, 2016
Dubai has been named among the most reputable cites in the world, according to Boston-based The Reputation Institute, a reputation-management consulting firm. In its 2016 City RepTrak report, the emirate was placed Dubai 38th globally with Sydney, Australia, taking ...
Samsung Electronics to Acquire HARMAN
November 14th, 2016
Samsung Electronics and Harman International Industries, Incorporated today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Samsung will acquire HARMAN for $112.00 per share in cash, or total equity value of approximately $8.0 billion. Upon closing, ...
Citibank Launches Challenge to Apple and Google With Citi Pay
November 11th, 2016
Citi is the latest company to enter the mobile wallet wars, which is dominated by Apple Pay, Android Pay, PayPal, Samsung Pay, and others. On Thursday, the finance titan unveiled Citi Pay, a new mobile wallet for Android phone ...
CME Group CEO Announces Retirement
November 11th, 2016
CME Group CEO Phupinder Gill Announces Retirement; Board Expands Role of Terry Duffy to Chairman and CEO; Appoints Bryan Durkin as President CME Group announced that its Chief Executive Officer Phupinder Gill has informed the Company’s Board of Directors that ...
Fintech start-ups in Europe to get up to €1.6bn in funding from EIF
November 11th, 2016
The European Commission (EC) has pledged up to €400 million to the European Investment Fund’s (EIF) new fund-of-funds – for the money to be spent on start-ups in Europe, including in the fintech space. The EC has also said ...
