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Google rumoured to start Android Pay service in Japan
Google is rumoured to start the Android Pay, digital payment service, using smartphones in Japan as early as autumn, in cooperation with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, sources close to the matter say. The Android Pay service will be able to be used for shopping in partnering stores in Japan and overseas, via devices using Google’s [...]
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Apple Pay could lose leverage in US from Australian bank fall out
There has been much written about the Australian banks pushing Apple Pay to loosen its grip on the technology that enables mobile payments. The result could bode well for US banks as they look to re-up agreements with Apple. Apple has maintained tight control over Apple Pay since its October 2014 launch, forcing participating US [...]
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Chat Bots – Have you got a bot for that?
The move from apps to bots has been hailed as the new paradigm shift and the next big technological disruption. Messenger platforms and chat bots are being seen as the new way for businesses and users to communicate. PCM tracks the rise and possible implications of bots for banking and business. The increasing use of [...]
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The role of cyber security due diligence as an M&A priority
The role of cyber security due diligence in M&A is a priority. Last year alone, M&A activity reached fever pitch, with the global market valued at over $4 trillion – its highest since 2007. If 2016 follows suit, we’re looking at over 18,000 M&A events to occur this year, many of which may be “megadeals” [...]
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Nets Holding announces plans for IPO
Nets says it plans for an initial public offering, with Scandinavia’s biggest payments processor is aiming to raise DKr5.5bn ($824m) through the issue of new shares and a partial sell down by its private equity owners. The planned flotation on the Danish stock market comes only two years after it was bought by Bain Capital [...]
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