For the first time ever in the UK, cashless payments have overtaken the amount forked out in notes and coins.
According to new market research, payment solutions market has reached a maturity point, and new start-ups are looking at new areas, new data suggests.
If you were thinking mobile payments were popular today, wait to see what will happen in 2019. According to global analyst firm Ovum, the number of users will jump to 4.77 billion by then.
And that's by 2018, says Gartner.
Winning a major deal with a large organisation can be a landmark moment for a small business. Securing that first big contract is often what catapults an idea, or one-man band, into a living, breathing company. Yet, too often, the SME has to bend over backwards, says Christian Lanng, founder & CEO, Tradeshift.
More than 148 million people will be making contactless payments via their smartphones this year, Juniper Research claims.
The services giant has announced the launch of an innovation hub which aims to help bring in the 'next-generation' of payment services
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