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xxx “Customers get a Mastercard debit card, money management tools, mobile cheque deposits, P2P transfers and the ability to pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay. However, the firm is not just relying on a slick user experience to win people over, it is also offering eligible Un-carrier customers four per cent AnnualContinue reading “T-Mobile takes on US banks with checking account”

xxx “The use of cash by criminals however, remains one of the biggest threats reported by Law Enforcement in the area of money laundering, as well as one of the most significant barriers to successful investigations and prosecution.” From “Why is cash still a king? A strategic Report on the use of cash by CriminalContinue reading “Why is cash still a king? A strategic Report on the use of cash by Criminal groups as a facilitator for money laundering | Europol”

A large hoard of cash has been found at the home of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir. “A source in Sudan’s judiciary told Reuters news agency that suitcases loaded with more than $351,000, €6m ($6.7m; £5.2m) and five billion Sudanese pounds ($105m) were found at Mr Bashir’s home.” From “Sudan crisis: Cash hoard found atContinue reading “Sudan crisis: Cash hoard found at al-Bashir’s home – BBC News”

xxx “Supporters won’t be able to use cash within the New White Hart Lane or in its surrounding campus, only major contactless credit and debit cards, mobile and wearable payment, Gift Cards, Stadium Access Cards and the Tottenham Hotspur Prepaid Card, which is coming soon…. The team cite their three main reasons for the bizarre moveContinue reading “"This isn’t helpful" – Many Spurs fans react to intriguing stadium announcement | FootballFanCast.com – FootballFanCast.com”

xxx “With 97% of shoppers relying on online customer reviews to help make a purchase, fake reviews are a serious problem, which can mislead customers into buying products that are not fit for purpose. The CMA estimates that £23 billion a year of UK consumer spending is potentially influenced by online reviews.” From “Revealed: AmazonContinue reading “Revealed: Amazon plagued with thousands of ‘fake’ five-star reviews – Which? Press Office”

xxx “Facebook is pulling away from its ambitions to provide peer-to-peer money transfers via Messenger in Europe. Today, the company announced that it would be discontinuing the service — which let individuals send money to each other — in the two countries in the region where it had rolled it out, the U.K. and France,Continue reading “Facebook is discontinuing P2P payments in Messenger in the UK and France on June 15 | TechCrunch”

xxx “Evidence from Norway indicates that in 2007, 40 percent of Norwegian adults checked somebody’s tax information online, higher than the penetration of Facebook in Norway. Anonymity of the snooper was removed in 2014, and visits fell dramatically (88 percent by one measure), but still you can imagine paying others to snoop for you orContinue reading “Tax Returns Shouldn’t Be Filed in Public – Bloomberg”

Bundesbank, which now calls for a European alternative for Apple Pay and Google Pay “der Bundesbank an, die nun eine europäische Alternative für Apple Pay und Google Pay fordert.” From “Apple Pay und Google Pay: Bundesbank will europäische Alternative”. xxx

xxx Although both my bank and credit card provider swiftly cancelled the stolen cards, reassuring me that no one had emptied my account or used up my credit facility, and saying they would issue new ones, it now means I am temporarily cashless. From Cashless society? Fine… until you lose your wallet as our PersonalContinue reading “Cashless society? Fine… until you lose your wallet as our Personal Finance editor found out | Daily Mail Online”

xxx The Chinese have, to an extent, leapfrogged the credit and debit card revolution that overtook advanced economies in the last century, with most of new adopters using mobile technology to go cashless… almost two-thirds of online sales and more than one third of payments in stores were now made through leading mobile wallet operatorsContinue reading “China’s march to be the world’s first cashless society: China Daily contributor, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times”