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.
Author: Rob Lewis
Black Friday iTunes Discount
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.
iZettle Continues Expansion: Now Available In The Netherlands
iZettle, which claims to be “Europe’s number one mobile payments provider” has extended its European expansion to the Netherlands.
Paranoid Spenders: 43% of Britons Check Online Banking Twice a Day
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’.
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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.
Mastercard To Launch Thumbprint-Reading Bank Card
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.
Top 10 UK Banks On Social Media
How do UK banks compare when it comes to using social media?
8 Things Your Bank Should Never Ask You To Do
The British Banking Association has launched a new campaign which it hopes will help to combat bank account fraud.
Vouchercloud Aims To Disrupt Gift Card Market With “Giftcloud” App
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.
Hack An ATM For Piles Of Cash
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.