FinTech

Vivo’s Nex 3 is finally out. This has come after so much speculation about what exactly makes the new Android device tick. The Nex 3 comes with quite a bit of features that make it seem very much like Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10; only that feels like the Galaxy Note 10 on steroids.The New Curved Shaped Screen is Something Else and Lots MoreThe Nex 3’s curved display is the first smartphone to come to the market with the screen curved and slope off on both sides in such a way that no space exists...

With a massive surge in global data consumption over the last few years, internet users are constantly looking for a faster wifi connection to stream high-quality and rich content. In the latest development, the WiFi Alliance, which looks after the implementation of WiFi standards, launched a new Wifi 6 certification program.It’s here: Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 from Wi-Fi Alliance is now available, bringing advanced capabilities for greater overall #WiFi network performance. Learn more about an...

PayPal's days of high-commission and conversion fees won't go on for long. | Source: BigTunaOnline/Shutterstock Facebook set the cat among the pigeons earlier this year when it revealed its cryptocurrency project – Libra. CEO Mark Zuckerberg scared the living daylights out of governments and private corporations alike with his ambitious project that aims to make...

Fintech startups across the globe are making massive inroads in the global payments industry. As per the Accenture report titled Banking Pulse Survey: Two Ways To Win, non-banking financial startups will eat 15% share in global payments revenue by 2025. As per the estimates and the growth projections, this share translates to a massive $280 billion.As per the report, the global payments revenue is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5.5%. In 2019 itself, the global payments market is...

Samsung is widely regarded today as one of the best mobile phone manufacturers in the world. When this is narrowed down to the Android Operating System, Samsung very easily tops all of the rest. Every year, the company releases a new phone in its Galaxy S series and also another in the Galaxy Note series.For a while now, many have noted that there isn’t much difference with both lines and there is no need to have two different types. Now according to some speculation, there’s a chance that...

Northmill is a Sweden-based fintech company, which, up until now, has been offering cloud-based financial services under the slogan “building the bank of tomorrow.” Since 2017 the company has been working closely with the SFSA to become a fully regulated bank. While some might think that such a rival newcomer can’t do a thing to industry giants like Revolut and N26, Northmill currently offers a consumer-focused product that could lure in potential clients from its competitors.The company...

It seems that this year will be a boom period for Apple Inc. as both high end and low-end spectrums of its phones are having a great reception albeit in two different continents and markets. Feelers coming in from Apples’ preorders in China indicate that the iPhone 11 might just become just the device that Apple needs to drive sales this year. The Chinese market has already chosen the iPhone 11 as the most popular Apple product this year.Natural Attraction or Business Gimmick?Usually, the...

Internet entrepreneur who is also the co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and the founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company Jack Dorsey decided to have his company’s Square Inc. trade Bitcoin on their popular Cash App. Soon, they could include the possibility to buy and sell stocks as well.According to the company, they are now testing out their Cash App feature which point is to license users to make their free stock trades. And while the exact date of its launch is still not have been...

Online dentistry company SmileDirectClub shares fell by huge 28% yesterday and it was pretty much the worst market debut for one unicorn start-up so far this year.The company’s shares closed at $16.67 after they have opened at $20.55. SmileDirectClub classifies as the fifth-worst debut of the 109 companies that went public this year. Just for comparison, shares of Uber, another unicorn or start-up valued at $1 billion or more went down by 7.6% on that stock’s first day on the public...

Facebook’s Libra, even with all the regulatory hurdles it currently faces, is still going strong and forging ahead with its plans to launch the digital currency next year. A while back, Libra Exec David Marcus, after enduring several hours of questioning from the United States Congress, promised that the Libra will not be launched until all regulatory concerns have been met and satisfied. The head of the Libra Association, the outfit in charge of the Libra project, has iterated this, given a...