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Klarna
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Colliding Technologies

UK faces mounting debt concerns as buy now, pay later credit surges

Campaigners and lawmakers are calling for government action as the use of unregulated buy now, pay later (BNPL) credit skyrockets in the UK, raising fears of widespread financial strain among consumers.

Junio, India
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Technology

AI could revolutionise digital payments in Indian rural areas

Although digital payments via the nationwide Universal Payments Interface (UPI) have soared since its launch in 2016, with about 350m users conducting transactions, and a total of more than 10bn transactions in July 2023, rural adoption has been limited due to sparse internet access and lower literacy rates.

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Fashion

Barter Brands

Inter-Covid, bartering is gathering pace, giving retail brands a chance to explore systems where customers trade items for access to their goods or services.

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Technology

Four key take-outs from Money 20/20

This year’s financial conference examined opportunities in banking beyond the Western world and how brand purpose is taking precedence over innovation.

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Colliding Technologies

Thought-starter: Will Facebook’s cryptocurrency take off?

Moneywise deputy editor Edmund Greaves explores how the social media giant’s new global currency, Libra, has the potential to completely overhaul the financial systems in emerging economies.

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Colliding Technologies

Biometric money

In an era of convenience culture and with security at the forefront of consumers’ minds, this is the tech heralding a secure and streamlined payments future.

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Retail

Coinbase launches a cryptocurrency debit card

With the Coinbase Card, cryptocurrency holders can spend their coins seamlessly using contactless payments, chip and pin and ATM withdrawals.

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Retail

Stat: The future potential for scan-and-go retail

A new study by Juniper Research, entitled Future Stores & the Retailers Building Them, explores how technology is infiltrating the store. It found that smart checkout technology, which includes mobile scan-and-go as well as frictionless payment stores like Amazon Go, are expected to process over $45bn (£35bn, €39bn) in transactions by 2023.

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Technology

Samsung Pay arrives in Africa

Mobile payment from the world’s largest smartphone producer has arrived on the continent.