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Deloitte Global 2017 TMT Predictions
January 14th, 2017
Over 300 million smartphones to have built in machine learning capabilities in 2017 By 2022 autonomous braking will help to reduce fatalities from motor accidents by 16 percent (6,000) in the US alone IT-as-a-Service expected to become nearly a ...
China going cashless thanks to fintech boom
December 30th, 2016
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 fact, I can’t see a single customer holding a wallet or a ...
South African Fintech Firm to Launch Blockchain-based Identity Verification in 2017
December 27th, 2016
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 live in 2017. More companies are turning their attention to ...
PayPal Files Copyright Suit Against India’s Digital Payment Provider Paytm
December 25th, 2016
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. Back in November, US-based ewallet service PayPal lodged the complaint ...
The dawn of financial technology in Islamic finance
December 23rd, 2016
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. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report published last year, 70 ...
LG wants to trademark four new smartwatches as well as “LG Watch Pay”
December 9th, 2016
LG might be secretly prepping not one, not two, but a whole lot of four smartwatches. At least this is what the company’s recent trademark spree is seemingly telling us. The Korean giant just yesterday filed trademark applications with ...
Apple Wins Battle With Australia Banks Over Mobile Payments
November 29th, 2016
Apple Inc. won the first round of a battle with Australia’s largest banks, which have been trying to force the tech company to offer them access to its Apple Pay technology that allows smartphones and tablets to communicate with ...
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 ...
Accounting software firm plans to float on the London Stock Exchange
October 31st, 2016
FreeAgent, the Edinburgh-based provider of accounting software, has unveiled plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. Led by chief executive and co-founder Ed Molyneux – a former RAF fighter pilot – the company is hoping to join the ...
Samsung said it aims to recover quickly from dragged Q3 mobile earnings after Note 7 shock
October 27th, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday said it aims to recover quickly from the disastrous withdrawal of the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 that dragged third-quarter mobile earnings to their lowest level in nearly eight years. The South Korean giant ...
