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Several challenger banks have emerged in the United Kingdom, but Monzo is probably the most popular one. Built entirely from scratch onto a mobile native app, Monzo offers a series of [...]

What you need to know TransferWise has created a virtual assistant on Facebook to send money to people in different countries. TransferWise’s new Facebook service is currently available to [...]

What you need to know After buying US based Moneygram and investing in Thai Ascend Money and Philippine Mynt, Ant Financial are investing in another payments network. This time it is investing in [...]

What you need to know: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is working on a proof of concept to digitalise their checks process, from issuing, through transfer to collection. This can work well to [...]

What you need to know: Paypal is the biggest online payments provider. It has a market capitalisation of $41 billion, more than eBay, the company that is was spun off from. TIO Networks processed [...]

What you need to know: China successfully completes its blockchain-based digital currency trial. China could have the first central bank that issues a digital currency. This could not only [...]

What you need to know: Klarna is a swedish Unicorn that allows customers to buy now and pay later. They have acquired Billpay, a company that allows customers to pay in installments and through [...]

What you need to know: Ericsson introduced the standard Bluetooth at least 20 years ago. In December 2016, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the adoption of Bluetooth 5 [...]

What you should know: The Internet of Things will change business models that have extensive legal consequences. Only those insurance companies and banks that adopt IoT will survive. Actually, [...]

What you should know: The artificial intelligence unit of IBM’s Watson Health is collaborating with the US Food and Drug Administration to research on the possibility of using blockchain to share [...]