Cryptocurrency's sharp bull-bear reversals over the last nine years have made for a dizzying investor experience. The unruly digital money has leaped from zero to $200 billion capitalization and minted tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of fresh millionaires, and an unknown number of paupers. In 2017 alone, Bitcoins surged from $1,000 to more than $10,000 each, only to fall back to earth again and again this year.

• The Mobile Wallets market is booming: the European rollout of Google Pay, Apple Pay's new product announcements, Samsung Pay launched last spring, and WeChat Pay is already a massive success in China. 
• With Mobile Wallets, marketers can finally get into the Millennial mobile-first era by moving from post-app to the Mobile Moments phase. 

Managing SaaS spend hasn’t been easy but has quickly become business critical. According to Gartner, as much as 30% of software licences are wasted through insufficient licence management, and with the average organisation using around 13 cloud-based apps, the cost of that wastage is spiralling.

Spreadsheets, calendars and single sign on are no match for the constant influx of new cloud apps, of which many can be unsanctioned.

Commerzbank and Societe Generale announce the signature of a Business Purchase Agreement for Commerzbank’s Equity Markets & Commodities business (EMC). On 3 July 2018, both banks already announced an agreement for the sale of Commerzbank’s EMC business to Societe Generale. The transaction has been approved by the employee representative committees in Germany and remains subject to the approval by relevant authorities.
 

Two leading global payment technology specialists have announced a distribution agreement which will bolster their end-to-end ATM application testing capability.

CloudTrade, the leading provider of e-invoicing, e-order and complex data capture services, today announced that it will be launching a public cloud-based service to meet global demand for its unique document management solutions.The ongoing migration will help CloudTrade to meet growing demand for its services and leverage Microsoft’s cloud platform, Azure,taking advantage of a variety of benefits, such as secure geo location, geo rep

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that MarkitSERV has introduced new, cloud-based technology for post trade processing of OTC derivatives trades.  Called TradeServ, the new platform launched in September for matching, confirming and clearing trades of non-deliverable forwards (NDFs).

Cryptocurrency, commonly defined as digital assets that use cryptography to secure transactions without the need for a central banking authority, is rising in popularity and being widely adopted across the globe. According to research by the University of Cambridge, 3 million people are estimated to be actively trading in cryptocurrencies today, and many are already using crypto to pay for items such as hotels, games and even their rent.