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Science & Technology

Latin American countries prefer cash over e-payment: new study

Cash keeps dominating at the point of sale in Latin American countries like nowhere else in the world

Finance & Economics

Estonian startup provides digital solution for banking services 

Business banking will be available for clients worldwide

Science & Technology

Smart speakers to overtake tablet computers

Digital voice assistants worldwide will triple to 8 billion over three years

Articles

The world’s 8 richest women: Abigail Johnson

One of Johnson’s aspirations is to increase female presence in the financial business

Articles

The world’s 8 richest women: Iris Fontbona

Iris Fontbona is not only an heiress, but also a skillful manager

Finance & Economics

Popular fashion marketplace allows selling secondhand items

Customers are more and more looking for pre-owned items due to sustainability and desire to enrich their looks with unique things

Fintech & Ecommerce

UK payment platform enters into agreement with UnionPay

PPRO gets access to cross-border trade with the Chinese B2C e-commerce market, valued at $1 trillion

Science & Technology

Global companies join efforts to fight against coronavirus in China

Emerging technologies transform China into a testing ground due to the coronavirus outbreak

Fintech & Ecommerce

UK payment platform acquires French tech startup

This the first acquisition for the London-based fintech company after their $230 million Series A funding round in 2019

Science & Technology

Here’s how climate change might affect global financial industry

The sustainable finance market is expected to require up to $6 trillion of capital in the nearest future

Blogs

Managing car expenses more efficiently with new technologies

Giles Kirkland Automotive expert   It’s no secret that cars are expensive to run. From the initial purchase price to the ongoing running costs of insurance, fuel and maintenance, it isn’t easy to keep a car on the road. Not to mention the unexpected breakdowns and costly fixes often coming as a surprise. The good […]

Finance & Economics

Europe’s leading open banking provider expands in the Netherlands

EU has made it mandatory for banks to open up bank account data to external parties due to PSD2 regulations that came into force in 2018

Finance & Economics

UK drivers to opt for electric cars, but price is major concern

Although drivers are ready to go electric, a third of them are waiting for prices to decrease before purchasing

Science & Technology

New RBC poll shows how Canadians care about their financial future

More than half are now taking a “whenever I can” approach instead of regularly setting aside savings

Science & Technology

New solution to increase security of autonomous cars 

OpenRoaming unlocks solutions to the large data transfer challenge for autonomous vehicle fleets

Science & Technology

US retail sales to reach almost $4 trillion in 2020

The forecast states that although coronavirus isn’t a global pandemic, business confidence and retail sales could be impacted due to factory shutdowns in China