6.1% of iPhone users in America use Apple Pay for in-store payments - survey
6.1% of iPhone users in America use Apple Pay for in-store payments – survey
Seven years ago, Apple unveiled Apple Pay on September 9, 2014. Now , a new surveys suggests that 6% of iPhone users in America use Apple Pay for in-store payments.
Apple Pay is easy and works with the Apple devices you use every day. You can make secure purchases in stores, in apps, and on the web. And you can send and receive money from friends and family right in Messages. Apple Pay is even…
U.K. experts think crypto could lead to more fraud.
A U.K.-based insolvency expert says crypto could be dire for the government, The Guardian reports.
The reason is because so much of crypto is untaxed and untraceable. This can prevent transparency and encourage fraud when businesses go belly-up.
Some of the myriad companies that have begun accepting crypto alongside traditional cash or card payments include Lush, the ethical cosmetics firm, and WeWork, the office-sharing firm.
The shift has been welcomed by those who celebrate crypto. But traditional finance experts warn that the new focus on crypto could also prove an easier way for criminals to hide cash from the law. With these developments, some like Julie Palmer, a managing director at insolvency firm Begbies Traynor, have said it will now be more difficult for administrators, in charge of seeing businesses through failures, to track where the money has come from or see where anyone has been taking money illegally.
Invoice financing? Ok. News to me. Things spoken in the form of clickbait usually come across as bullshit. Also, Fundbox’s sad attempt at appealing to Millennials by removing most vowels from their name is a bit forced. Or FRCD.
In venture capital news: Stash, the startup that enables people to micro-invest via a mobile app, has raised $40 million in a fresh round of VC funding.
UK Retailers Using Facial Recognition Software, Smartphones to Track Customers
UK Retailers Using Facial Recognition Software, Smartphones to Track Customers
C O N T E N T S: KEY TOPICS UK retailers are able to follow and target customers using facial recognition software and handset identifiers broadcast via Wi-FiThe UK’s data protection watchdog has warned that retailers can.(More…) Simon Rice, group manager for technology at the Information Commissioner?s Office (ICO) in the UK, explained that this technology helps retailers “use the customer…
Why Nucleus Is Loved By Foxconn, Amazon And Lowe’s
Why Nucleus Is Loved By Foxconn, Amazon And Lowe’s
Innovations sometimes pop up unexpectedly — something the up-and-coming smart home operation at Nucleus learned right around the time of its founding.Today, the New York-based firm stands behind a clever central control hub for smart homes that’s been endorsed by the likes of Amazon and Lowe’s. And while the firm couldn’t be happier about its progress, Cofounder and CEO Jonathan Frankel had a…
The problem with predicting the future of the Internet of Things is that a world of connected devices can take so many forms and affect so many things that isolating discrete examples of this digital revolution can be a slippery proposition. Especially in today’s iPhone-obsessed culture, it’s the headline-grabbing tentpole product releases of brand names that capture the public’s imagination,…
Verizon announced the launch of ThingSpace — its new Internet of Things (IoT) platform developed to provide improved connectivity to devices at reduced costs.The new platform will enable devices to connect to its 4G LTE network at reduced access charges and help drive down costs associated with developing IoT-enabled devices, said Mike Lanman, senior vice president of enterprise and IoT products…
