Ahead of NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show, HP Inc. today announced innovative new solutions designed to meet the unique needs of small and medium-sized retailers and hospitality operators.

The Tezos Foundation is expanding its leadership team. Attorney at Law Ulrich Sauter, an experienced expert for financial products, fintech, corporate governance and compliance, has been appointed as General Counsel of the Tezos Foundation. Additionally, Eelco Fiole, investment executive and adjunct professor for finance ethics, has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Blockchain and tech entrepreneur Lily Liu has joined as an advisor to the board of the Foundation. With their combined experience and expertise, they boost the capabilities of the Tezos Foundation.

Elavon, a global payments provider and subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, has acquired CenPOS, a Miami-based company offering integrated payment software solutions to large enterprises.

The 7th edition of IBEX India, the comprehensive Banking Technology Trade fair & Conference, is being organised  from 23-25 Of January 2019 at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai by PDA Trade Fairs Pvt Ltd.

London-based fintech company Meniga is buying Sweden-based peer Wrapp for an undisclosed amount as it eyes growth in the Nordic region, it said on Thursday. 

Meniga, which has raised $34 million since founded in Iceland ten years ago, and Wrapp are both providing merchants the ability to offer personalized rewards and cashbacks to consumers based on purchase behavior. 

Colt Technology Services has today announced the launch of Colt Intelligent Communications – an enterprise solution integrating the power of Microsoft’s cloud productivity applications with Colt’s voice and data networks to deliver end-to-end performance, security and reliability for a unique one-stop IT capability. 

Katallassos, a new standard framework for originating and issuing financial instruments and financial services, has today been announced as the flagship project of Trinkler Software, a company founded be Reto Trinkler - Cofounder of Melonport, a board member of the Web3 Foundation, and Forbes 30 under 30 in 2018.  The Katallassos project builds on top of the 

Following the announcement on 21 December 2018 by Cevian Capital of their approximately 2.3 per cent holding in Nordea Bank Abp, the Nomination Board has today at their meeting approved Cevian Capital’s request to join the Nomination Board and appointed Christer Gardell as an additional member to the Nomination Board. 

The Nomination Board will continue its work and expects to finalise its tasks by February 2019, in time to be included in the proposals in the notice of the Annual General Meeting. 

The members of the Nomination Board are:

The ultimate moment of shopping truth happens when we tap, dip, swipe or click and wait for approval. Nobody wants a decline—especially not a false one and especially not a false decline due to security measures put in place to protect you. This is scenario is more troubling to us than fraud losses. Because, when that happens, people don’t just abandon their cart—they often stop using their card altogether. In 2017 alone, false declines for payment card transactions account for US$303 billion in lost revenue in the U.S.¹ 

When it comes to cyber security, it can be more beneficial to use a credit card rather than a debit card- especially in today’s marketplace where consumers pay more often than not in the online environment.