Indian digital payments firm Paytm has officially launched a niche payments bank as part of its drive to double its customer base to 500 million over the next three years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Alibaba is getting consumers to spend more money online, and that would appear to be a good thing for the Chinese eCommerce giant, which provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer, and business-to-business sales services via web portals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
European banks are imploring the European Commission not to give in to the demands of FinTech firms and cancel the implementation of new rules that would ban screen-scraping. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Historically, Airbnb hasn’t had the best rapport with the markets it enters (and disrupts). It has often found itself at odds with housing regulations and the interests of both legacy hoteliers and others in the hospitality space. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Trade deals are newly in place between China and the United States and touch on, as The New York Times reported, electronic payments services, and livestock and yet leave questions about larger trade issues that are still extant between the two superpowers. Get the Full...
Tencent is starting to grab up marketshare from hitherto dominant force Alibaba and its associated Alipay service. The Chinese mobile payments market is worth an estimated $5.5 trillion annually. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
U.K. consumers lodged 3.04 million complaints in the second half of 2016 concerning financial products. This according to figures published yesterday by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U.K.’s financial watchdog. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
The Icelandic language, which many in the country hold as a source of identity and pride, is being undermined by the widespread use of English by tourists and artificial intelligence devices that are gaining in popularity in the country, reported the Associated Press. Get the...
From the point of view of a consumer in Myanmar, there is little difference between carrying a Visa and a UnionPay card — which is likely why the small Southeast Asian nation is “ground zero” for UnionPay’s attempts at expansion outside of China’s borders. Only...
