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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 ...
Microsoft to trim smartphone business, plans to cut 1,850 jobs
May 25th, 2016
Microsoft said today it will trim down its smartphone business by cutting 1,850 jobs, most of them in Finland, and write down $950m from the operation. The US company entered the phone business in 2014 by buying Finnish firm ...
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 ...
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 ...
Nokia phones are back
May 18th, 2016
Nokia is coming back to phones and tablets The brand will be revived through new licensing agreement With Microsoft’s epic mishandling of Nokia’s mobile business coming to an end today, a new chapter for the storied Finnish brand is about ...
Precise Biometrics signs license agreement with Oberthur Technologies for secure fingerprint recognition in eSE
May 18th, 2016
Precise Biometrics, the leader in fingerprint software, has entered an agreement with Oberthur Technologies (OT), a leading global provider of embedded security software, products, services and solutions, for licensing of Precise BioMatch™ Embedded. The integration of Precise Biometrics’ leading ...
Gaming preferences and payment methods across the world
May 9th, 2016
The Internet has introduced new levels of comfort and convenience to contemporary society. Online, we can avoid suffering in long queues, stressing over decisions, or wasting time looking for something specific. Even children know that almost everything you could ...
Mobile Payments: Where’s the Benefit?
May 5th, 2016
The ‘use case’ for mobile payments, particularly at the point of sale, is still not strong enough to lure the bulk of smartphone owners. Apple’s Tim Cook speaks of mobile payment adoption as if the market is exploding. On ...
First-time investors urged to turn to inexpensive ‘robo-advisers’
April 28th, 2016
It appears not many people are into investment in Japan. As of last December, only about 16 percent of Japan’s ¥1.7 quadrillion in personal financial assets was held in stocks, investment trusts or bonds. This is partly due to ...
Asian Stocks, Nasdaq Futures Slide on Apple; Aussie Sinks on CPI
April 27th, 2016
European shares fluctuate amid mixed earnings; Total climbs Apple, Twitter add to technology gloom as forecasts disappoint Treasuries rose, sending 10-year yields lower for the first time in eight days, and the dollar weakened, as markets signaled caution before ...
