Invoice2go, the simplest way for business owners and freelancers to track work and get paid, is today launching a mobile point of sale (mPOS) payments feature with PayPal Here, enabling the smallest businesses to be paid in person, nearly anywhere they are.

While the market has been focused on the bitcoin frenzy and commercial banks continue their migration onto enterprise-grade platforms, such as RippleNet, another revolution has quietly bubbled up around Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).

New research from Sainsbury’s Bank reveals that almost eight million UK adults have sent an average of £5,236 abroad in the last two years. 

 3W Infra, a fast growing Infrastructure-as-a-Service hosting provider from Amsterdam with global operations and more than 4,000 dedicated servers under management, announces the launch of a startup accelerator program for innovative, Internet-savvy companies around the world with scalable IaaS hosting needs.

In banking and fintech, the most important commodity is "trust." Ali Sadr, Chairman of Pilatus Bank, believes that it is important to recognize where the banking industry stands relative to other industries on the trust scale.

1. Payment Services Directive (PSD2) Finally Goes Live

“It has has been a long road to PSD2, given that it was approved in November 2015 by the Council of the European Union. However, it will finally be coming into force in January 2018 and that means that banks must open up their customer data to third parties on request - whether these third parties are their direct competitors, challenger banks or nascent fintech startups.”

DataArt, the global technology consultancy that designs, develops and supports unique software solutions, announced today that it has become a Pegasystems Registered Business Partner. With this agreement, DataArt will deploy Pega’s market-leading customer engagement solutions for sales, service, and operations for its clients. 

DigitalGenius, the leader in AI for customer service, today announced it has secured $14.75 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Global Founders Capital, with participation from MMC Ventures, Paua Ventures, Kairos and several other funds, as well as follow-on investments from previous investors, including Runa Capital, Spider Capital, Salesforce Ventures, RRE Ventures, Lumia Capital, Compound and Lerer Hippeau Ventures. DigitalGenius has raised $26 million to date.

Wealth & Asset Managers in Europe are closer to embracing new technologies than their sell-side counterparts because CEOs in the industry understand the importance of technology within the business, according to over 200 Information Technology (IT) executives working in the financial services sector.

With innovative technologies continuing to transform the entire customer buying journey, the in-store shopping experience this Christmas is likely to be entirely different to that in 10 years’ time. From the moment customers enter the store and select gifts for loved ones, through to the checkout process and getting goods home - there’s no touch point that will be left unchanged or even find itself redundant in years to come.