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Author: Rob Lewis

Brits To Spend £1.5billion On “Cyber Monday”

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Two thirds of Britons are set to shop online during the discount holiday, ‘Cyber Monday’, with the nation as a whole expected to part with over £1.5billion online on this day alone.

Tagged shopping

Black Friday iTunes Discount

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Black Friday shopping has begun to leak over from the US, and this year we’re starting to see a growth in Black Friday discounts here in the UK.

Tagged deal, discount, shopping

iZettle Continues Expansion: Now Available In The Netherlands

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

iZettle, which claims to be “Europe’s number one mobile payments provider” has extended its European expansion to the Netherlands.

Tagged izettle, mobile, payments

Paranoid Spenders: 43% of Britons Check Online Banking Twice a Day

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

New research by a money saving website has revealed that over two in five Britons check their online banking and banking apps at least twice a day. Almost half of these revealed that they did so to ‘watch out for fraud,’ whilst three quarters (76%) felt they needed to ‘regularly track spending’.

Tagged apps, banking

Oyster Card Users: Are You A Victim Of “Card Clash”?

Posted on November 11, 2014November 11, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Public transport in London has been pretty advanced when it comes to the use of contactless payments, but a problem has been uncovered whereby Oyster Card users could find themselves double charged, all thanks to the simplicity of the payment.

Tagged contactless, payments, transport

Mastercard To Launch Thumbprint-Reading Bank Card

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Mastercard has announced that it is bringing a thumbprint-reading card to the UK, which it hopes will improve card security and do away with PINs.

Tagged bank cards, payments, security

Top 10 UK Banks On Social Media

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

How do UK banks compare when it comes to using social media?

Tagged banking. social media

8 Things Your Bank Should Never Ask You To Do

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The British Banking Association has launched a new campaign which it hopes will help to combat bank account fraud.

Tagged banking, fraud, Tips

Vouchercloud Aims To Disrupt Gift Card Market With “Giftcloud” App

Posted on October 9, 2014September 24, 2017 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Discount voucher website vouchercloud has announced the launch of Europe’s first completely digital gifting app and website, which it hopes will disrupt the entire gifting market; in particular the £5bn gift card sector.

Tagged app, gifts

Hack An ATM For Piles Of Cash

Posted on October 8, 2014September 2, 2015 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

In what looks like a scene from a movie, the BBC has published a video showing a cash machine handing out piles of cash after being hacked.

Tagged ATM, fraud, security

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