Railsbank raises $70m as it continues global expansion

Railsbank, the global Embedded Finance platform, has raised US$70 million (€59.40 million) in its latest funding round. The latest fundraise was led by Anthos Capital and attracted a range of

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Most of the world’s population will use mobile wallets by 2025 and SE Asia is growing fastest, says study

A major report into the growth of mobile wallets, projects that one in two people will use a mobile wallet by 2025. At the end of 2020, there were over

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Diversify mobile payment methods: Increase eCommerce conversions

The mobile checkout experience is the first-place retailers should look to for increased conversions. This is according to eCommerce platform provider Kooomo, which says that eCommerce sites and optimisation are synonymous

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Mobile trade-ins return $668mn to U.S. consumers in Q1 2021

Assurant, a global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, announces findings from its analysis of the mobile device trade-in and upgrade market for

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Enterprise adoption of 5G smartphones taking off, says Strategy Analytics

According to a new Strategy Analytics forecast, “ Global 5G Business Smartphone Shipment Forecast 2021-2026”, 5G business smartphone shipments will grow at a CAGR of 28% over the 2021-2026 forecast period.

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Global 5G smartphone shipments soar 458% YoY to 134 million in Q1 2021, says Strategy Analytics

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, China’s rapid adoption of 5G technology is powering demand for 5G smartphones. Apple and the domestic trio of OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi

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Facial recognition for payments to be used by over 1.4bn people globally by 2025

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of users of software-based facial recognition to secure payments will exceed 1.4 billion globally by 2025, from just 671 million

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InterDigital joins Indian industry bodies to support 5G and 6G R&D

InterDigital, Inc., a mobile and video technology research and development company, has become a member of two Indian standards and industry bodies. These are the Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India

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eSIMs device installations to reach 3.4 billion globally by 2025

A new Juniper Research study found that the number of eSIMs installed in connected devices will increase from 1.2 billion in 2021, to 3.4 billion in 2025; representing a growth of 180%.

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Who’s watching you? Webcams and video call risks

With the rapid rise in remote working, more of us than ever before are taking video calls from the privacy of our own homes. Sometimes these even take place in

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