Tag Archives: Innovation
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On a small screen near you soon
After years of threatening to take off, mobile banking has finally arrived. But mobile operators and financial institutions have to learn to work together before it can truly deliver, writes Guy Clapperton
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Shape of things to come
Contactless technology at the point of sale could prove to be the tipping point for mobile payments in the UK, writes Michael Dempsey. But concerns around security refuse to go away
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Points of sale are guiding business
The last two decades have seen a steady decline in the number of retail transactions carried out in cash. Geoff Nairn rounds up the main options for retailers as they seek to move with the times
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Lessons from overseas
Payment systems are not developing at the same rate around the world. Some are growing rapidly in some markets, but barely getting traction in others, as Rod Newing reports
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Paying: but not as we know it
Stephen Armstrong delves into a futuristic world of mobile phones in the form of jewellery, biometrics and cryptocurrencies
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Rise of the machines
More people are buying coffee machines for the home, creating a market dividing along lines of style and performance, convenience and connoisseurship, writes Josh Sims
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New drugs, vaccines, gels and foams are on the way
More than 50 drugs, as well as vaccines and protective gels and creams, are in development as researchers search for new ways to tackle HIV, writes Roger Dobson
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Futurology: potentials and probabilities
Finding a “cure” for ageing has become the Holy Grail, and with the possibilities for how we turn back the clock becoming ever more rapid and varied, Gerit Quealy looks at what the future of the industry holds