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Science & Technology

Tourism drives the expansion of Chinese mobile-payment apps

The usage rate of mobile payments by Chinese tourists while abroad climbed to 69%

Finance & Economics

Two leading banks to roll out unique wholesale banking offering

Societe Generale and Absa agree to roll out a unique pan-african wholesale banking offering

Science & Technology

What does Luxembourg e-money license mean to Alipay

Alipay gets Luxembourg e-money license to serve Europe

Science & Technology

Total number of mobile ticketing users will almost double in 5 years

Mobile to account for more than 1 in 2 digital ticketing users in 2019

Finance & Economics

Mobile spending in the UK will increase drastically this year

Brits will spend €28 billion using their smartphones

Blockchain & Crypto

European banking group to develop blockchain platform for mining

Blockchain to shake up mining and metals sector

Blockchain & Crypto

HSBC shared its experience of using distributed ledger technology

HSBC made 150,000 payments using distributed ledger technology

Finance & Economics

Federal Reserve Board launched mobile app for kids

Federal Reserve Board launched an interactive mobile app to teach about security and design features of Federal Reserve notes

Blockchain & Crypto

Bitfury works on blockchain solution to monetize intellectual property

Bitfury’s new music entertainment division will design blockchain solutions to address challenges faced by artists and other stakeholders in the music industry

Finance & Economics

British bank shared 5 tips for staying safe while booking holidays

Barclays issues warning to unsuspecting holidaymakers to better protect themselves against villa scams

Science & Technology

Amazon Web Services launched centralized backup service

Centralized backup service makes it more cost-effective for customers to automate backups

Finance & Economics

Chinese consumers are paying up to get rid of tedious tasks

Alibaba Group’s Taobao Marketplace found that Chinese consumers are paying up to rid themselves of tedious, time-consuming tasks

Science & Technology

Google simplifies selection of enterprise services on Android  

Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) providers enable managing the business features and services in Android

Finance & Economics

UnionPay app is gaining popularity among consumers

Hong Kong and Macau residents like to use the UnionPay app in the Mainland and while traveling

Finance & Economics

SEC’s EDGAR system hacked to conduct illegal trading

In total, the traders generated at least $4.1 million in illegal profits

Finance & Economics

Large banking group to lend £18 billion to UK businesses

Lloyds Banking Group has pledged to support UK businesses in 2019 with a commitment to lend £18 billion to UK businesses