The cashless debate is one that continues to spark both conversation and controversy. The pandemic, which has seen many merchants discourage the use of cash to limit the spread of the virus, has accelerated these discussions. M-Pesa, a Kenyan mobile money transfer service, for example, waved its fees to support the move away from cash during the pandemic.

With lockdown 2.0 continuing, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are set to be virtual this year. This could be devastating for small, independent businesses competing against international retailers. 

Phos, the fintech behind the first-ever software Point of Sale (POS), has today announced that it is working with Dutch neobank bunq to revolutionise the way its retail merchant customers accept payments.

With the revival in consumer demand and the global trend of ‘Buy Now Pay Later’, Mswipe has launched Brand EMI as a value added service which enables merchants to offer zero interest EMI financing from Brands in less than 15 seconds. This drastically improves the checkout process, and reduces cart abandonment due to lack of suitable financing options, thereby helping small businesses drive sales.

Lukka, the leading crypto asset software and data provider, has partnered with global business information provider IHS Markit to redistribute Lukka’s institutional-grade blockchain and digital asset data products, including Lukka Prime and Luk

From Wednesday, 18th November, until Monday, 30th November, CoinCorner (CoinCorner.com) and sister company, MtSocks (MtSocks.com), are running “Bitcoin Black Friday” deals across their range of Bitcoin products and services.

Yooz, the international provider of intelligent purchase-to-pay (P2P) software, today announced the launch of its automated, cloud-based accounts payable (AP) solution in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium.

The company is dedicated to making an intelligent, automated P2P automation solution easy and affordable for all businesses in these regions, regardless of size, industry and volume of documents.

Certain post-trade processing costs for cash securities at large broker-dealer firms could be reduced by 20-25% through automation, according to a recent survey of nine of the world’s leading broker-dealer firms by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier market infrastructure for the global financial services industry.

Luminex Trading & Analytics LLC, a buy side-owned trading venue delivering efficient, low-cost block executions, announced the launch and rollout of a dramatic speed upgrade to the matching engine behind its unique buy side-only dark pool.

MineralTree, an Accounts Payable (AP) and payments automation solution provider, has been named to