Ethiopian Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Africa, has partnered with Paysafe, a global payments provider, to offer customers the option of paying via Skrill and NETELLER digital wallets.

Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) customers can now use their Skrill and NETELLER digital wallets to book outbound flights from Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman via the airline’s website, backed by full chargeback protection and access to customer support in 16 languages, including Arabic.  

Key findings include: 

Robo-advisors in the U.S. invest more aggressively than in Germany

Robo-advisors use on average 10 ETFs to compose an investment portfolio 

Robo-advisors rely on different optimization approaches to determine the recommended asset allocations

Losses can still occur, even for conservative investment strategies 

ThingLogix, Inc., a provider of cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services, announced today that it is introducing event-based pricing for Foundry, its cloud-based platform (PaaS) for Internet of Things applications. The company announced this change during the annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) conference, re:Invent 2017, where ThingLogix is showcasing its technologies in collaboration with AWS and its other business partners.

Imagine a time when you walk into a shop to do some shopping, and there are no sales staff, no tills and no way to pay with cash.  That may seem futuristic, but some of these things are happening at the present time, with a view to being the stores of the future.

For example, some companies in China are looking to revolutionise retail by taking advantage of e-payment technologies.  One, Bingo Box, is offering unmanned convenience stores that require a mobile app to enter, and then you pay at a self-service checkout using a mobile wallet like Alipay or WeChat.

Société Générale Expressbank, the seventh largest financial institution in Bulgaria and part of Societe Generale group, has partnered with Salt Edge Inc. to employ Spectre API into the development of their new Digital Banking PFM Solution. 

SIX is introducing a new mobile terminal – mPRIME – offering merchants and traders maximum flexibility for cashless payments. 

Thomson Reuters has launched ESG Peer View on its flagship desktop product Eikon, a significant enhancement of its ESG data capabilities that is designed to facilitate more customizable and detailed analysis for socially responsible investing (SRI) and risk analysis. 

Libra, the premier provider of accounting, audit, and tax software for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, today announced the launch of Libra Crypto Office, an enterprise application that automates and optimizes back and middle office processes and reporting for funds, market makers, and exchanges. 

BitFlyer, the Tokyo-based operator of the world's largest bitcoin exchange, today announced the official launch of its US-based virtual currency exchange platform.