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News

Younger Brits invest more in personal finances than older generation 

Almost two-thirds of 18-25 year olds believe that their financial situation will be better in a year

Science & Technology

Here’s how many consumers committed friendly fraud

Crime follows new opportunities opened up by new lifestyles

Society & Lifestyle

Australian casinos will ban cash: reason unveiled

Both casinos will also stop paid-for-trips seeing that it’s a major source of illegal activities

Finance & Economics

Bank of Ireland allows asylum seekers to open accounts

Asylum seekers may not have the traditional documentation that most banks require to set up a bank account

News

Americans are the most optimistic about their finances: research

 Klarna surveyed over 9,000 consumers across the US, the UK, Australia, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden

Fintech & Ecommerce

UK magazine sold by homeless now accepts PayPal QR code payments

In 2020, PayPal launched a QR code feature which is now integrated into the Zettle POS  app

News

Revolut expands its crypto offering through new partnership

This partnership lets Revolut broaden its cryptocurrency offering

News

Here’s when China’s card payments are set to rebound

Card payments in China have been on sustained growth for the last few years

COVID-19 vaccine

If it wasn’t Brexit, UK COVID-19 vaccine approvals would have taken longer

Despite fast approvals of vaccines and a rather successful vaccination program, the speed of economic recovery remains fragile

News

Over 60% of consumers more concerned about fraud since COVID-19

2,000 consumers across the United States and the United Kingdom have been surveyed

News

Western Union enables cross-border payments on Google Pay

Google Pay users in the US, India, and Singapore will be the first to try this option

Science & Technology

Over half of Brits would give up physical shopping in favor of online

Klarna has released the first in an ongoing series of quarterly global shopping trend reports

Society & Lifestyle

Top countries leading in COVID-19 recovery revealed: GlobalData

Analysts expect a strong global economic recovery in the second half of 2021

News

UK-based bank now offers pet insurance

This comes at a time when it is claimed that over 3 million households in the UK have acquired a pet since the start of the pandemic

Articles

COVID-19 vaccine passport: everything a traveller needs to know

Are they a threat to your vacation and legal rights, or the salvation of the tourism industry and global economies? Here is everything you need to know

News

Dutch popular retailer enters Austria

This marks the fourth foreign market for the Dutch omnichannel retailer