It took 200 years before the invention of the printing press heralded the widespread use of modern banknotes. Four centuries on and blockchain technology – still barely a decade old – is moving so rapidly that the days of cash are surely numbered.

The way we use money has been revolutionised by plastic cards, online banking, contactless and smartphone payments. The next big development will see blockchain turn the concept of a cashless society from science fiction to reality.

FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a global payments technology company, has launched for United Bank of India, FSS Voice Commerce in partnership with Amazon, a real-time voice banking platform that offers customers personalized banking interactions.

VAKT, the company re-imagining commodity post-trade processing underpinned by blockchain, announces a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with essDOCS, a leading enabler of paperless trade. The MOU focuses on the North-West European barge markets, smoothing the post-trade process for all parties involved in the transaction.

The term ‘global village’ has been in use since the 1960s, but the internet has really turbo-charged the idea. It has shrunk both distance and time, making the world more interconnected. People can now exchange messages, stories, opinions, posts and videos online easier than at any time in the past.

Bolero International is partnering with Traydstream, the leader in Trade document scrutiny using artificial intelligence (AI), to provide a powerful automatic document checking service for both its corporate and bank customers saving them time and resources as well as mitigating trade finance risks.