Visa’s Latest Tech Innovation Center In London Is Open For Business
Visa’s Latest Tech Innovation Center In London Is Open For Business
February 21, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Visa’s newest and largest innovation center in London is now officially open for business in its European headquarters in Paddington Basin. The new space is...

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IDscan Gets Patent In US For Tech To Verify Faces On Documents
IDscan Gets Patent In US For Tech To Verify Faces On Documents
February 21, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

IDscan, the unit of GBG, has been granted a U.S. patent for Visage, which is a way of verifying the facial component of a passport or ID...

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Snapchat Starts Selling Spectacles Online As Novelty Wears Off
Snapchat Starts Selling Spectacles Online As Novelty Wears Off
February 21, 2017  |  Retail

Snapchat is aiming to expand the market for its Spectacles sunglasses, offering them via Spectacles.com, reported The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Foodler Users Can Quickly Split The Check With Addition Of Venmo
Foodler Users Can Quickly Split The Check With Addition Of Venmo
February 21, 2017  |  Digital Payments

Splitting the check for Foodler users has gotten a lot easier now that the rapidly growing delivery app accepts Venmo as a payment method. Get...

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Ant Financial Jumps Into S. Korea With $200M Investment In Kakao Pay
Ant Financial Jumps Into S. Korea With $200M Investment In Kakao Pay
February 21, 2017  |  International

Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has made its latest aggressive international push this week — with a $200 million investment into a fintech project belonging to...

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TransferWise Opens Facebook Up For International Money Transfers
TransferWise Opens Facebook Up For International Money Transfers
February 21, 2017  |  Chatbots And Commerce

TransferWise has brought a new service to market that will allow its customers to use Facebook to send money around the world via its chat...

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Amazon Now Offers Free Shipping For Orders $35 and Up
Amazon Now Offers Free Shipping For Orders $35 and Up
February 21, 2017  |  Amazon

Shortly after a similar move retailer Walmart made a few weeks ago, eCommerce giant Amazon announced it is also lowering the threshold for free shipping...

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Monzo Closes In On Series C Funding From US-Based Thrive Capital
Monzo Closes In On Series C Funding From US-Based Thrive Capital
February 21, 2017  |  Investments

Monzo, one of the U.K.’s digital-only banks, is getting closer to securing new Series C funding, with U.S.-based Thrive Capital reportedly leading the round. An...

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Global Contactless POS Terminal Market Set To Grow At CAGR Of Close To 26 Percent
Global Contactless POS Terminal Market Set To Grow At CAGR Of Close To 26 Percent
February 21, 2017  |  Point of Sale

The global contactless point-of-sale terminals market is expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 26 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to a new...

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