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. 

OpenText™, a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), today announced that Lycamobile, the world’s largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), has selected OpenText to provide a digital back office for its Legal and Accounts Payable departments.

DigiPulse, the world’s first ‘digital cryptocurrency vault’ which provides an inheritance service for digital and crypto assets, has its DGPT token now listed on Cryptopia and Etherdelta.  The community’s confidence in the project is reflected in the value of the DGPT token, which was listed onCryptopia on Monday 20 November and has continued to increase in value.

The company has just closed a token sale which raised 3,474 ETH, which at the time of going to press is equivalent to almost $1.4million. It is arguably the first Latvian firm to do so. 

Leaders of Bermuda's global business sector highlighted the breadth, advantages and significant economic impact of the island's financial market during an awareness-raising cross-industry forum held in London today by the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA).