Most of us are spending more and more time online these days. And I do mean “spending” as online sales saw large gains of 18.1 percent, when comparing holiday shopping from 2016 to 2017.
As we shop for everything from unique wedding gifts to play and concert tickets or even just sending money online to family and friends, it seems timely to offer basic tips for protecting payments when buying from unknown sources:
DATx, the new blockchain that strives to build a holistic ecosystem to cater to needs and resolve challenges in the advertising sphere, today announced its strategic partnership with GIFTO, a Global Universal Gift Giving platform. Launched by Uplive, the world's leading live streaming platform, GIFTO's official token, GTO, enables participants in the community to create, plan, customise and deliver a plethora of quality virtual gifts for content creators around the world via blockchain.
IBFD, the centre of expertise on cross-border taxation, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration and distribution agreement with Tax Analysts, a leading publisher of US tax news, analysis and commentary.
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been selected by Korea Telecom (KT) Corporation to provide its On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) solution and embedded SIM (eSIM) to deliver out-of-box connectivity to its Industrial IoT customers. This will enable the largest South Korean telecommunications provider to support all cars equipped with pre-embedded eSIM complete flexibility over subscription management, regardless of their country of origin.
Profile Software, an international financial solutions provider, announced today that it is showcasing its pioneering and award-winning Banking and Investment Management solutions at the innovative FinTech event “FinovateEurope 2018”, being a Silver Sponsor, on 6-9 March 2018 in ExCel London.
SCOTEX – the planned new stock exchange 2.0 company running on a Blockchain-based distributed ledger announces that it is raising capital via Scotland’s first ever ICO.
• UK consumers (60%) are most uncomfortable with sharing their personal data on messaging platforms
• UK consumers (36%) are least uncomfortable with sharing their personal data on fitness trackers
• Reward points (54%) is the incentive that consumers would be most willing to share their personal data for
• Personalised rewards or recommendations (16%) is the incentive that consumers would be least enthusiastic about to exchange their personal data for
Accessing, storing, and building up cryptocurrency assets is set to become easier for businesses and individuals alike thanks to the launch of Universa’s next generation wallet.
The unique hardware wallet hugely speeds up security making it an essential piece of technology for the savvy investors and miners taking advantage of the booming cryptocurrency market.
Jiffee, the contactless mobile payment solution that won the Best of Show award at Finovate Fall 2017, will present its revolutionary Bluetooth-based tap & pay technology to more than 1,400 fintech professionals in London on 6 March.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Concerns that companies are abusing public trust in the way they gather and use location data mean a fundamental rethink is needed in order for people to embrace new services such as autonomous cars and drone deliveries, according to a major new study by HERE Technologies.
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