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Mobile apps and software

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Amazon contemplating next move in banking sector

  Amazon is in talks with a bank about setting up a current account that will appeal to young people

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  MWC 2018: iPhone X device of choice for visitors to Barcelona

  Statistics compiled by mobile data crowdsourcing outfit Tutela has revealed in-depth insight into what devices visitors to Mobile World Congress 2018 were using, and how they used them

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  People at risk of psychological side-effects of screen addiction

  Many Brits spend more than 10 hours a day attached to a screen and 60% look at two at once, research shows

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  Wearables join mobiles as high-growth payment methods

  Banks must develop broad contactless payment strategies if they are to keep pace with consumer demand

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Are mobile wallets about to make contactless cards look outdated?

  Mobile wallets look set to take root as consumers increasingly use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Pizza Hut customers can now pay for meals with Mastercard Qkr mobile app

  Pizza Hut has joined a number of UK restaurants in enabling customers to pay at the table using the Mastercard Qkr app

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  MWC 2018: Project Flame launches 5G testbed in Barcelona

  The European H2020 Project Flame has launched the first urban-scaled 5G testbed for open media internet trials, using an InterDigital platform

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  Virgin Money launches digital bank

  Virgin Money is setting up a digital bank to expand into the current account and SME business account markets

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Main business objective of fintechs is collaboration with traditional finance firms

  Fintechs put working with traditional financial suppliers as their most important business priority

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  MWC 2018: Data, not connectivity, now core to IoT, says Cisco Jasper

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco Jasper has been exploring the growing criticality of data management to the internet of things, and unveiled new NB-IoT customers in Asia

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  NatWest opens four UK fintech hubs

  NatWest has expanded its financial technology support programme at a time when entrepreneurs are more apprehensive than ever

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  2018 could be year of mobile malware, says McAfee 

  Security firm announces several mobile industry partnerships as its latest mobile threat report shows mobile malware is becoming increasingly popular with cyber attackers

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  MWC 2018: Samsung Galaxy S9 launch kicks off annual mobile festival

  Samsung has raised the curtain on Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona with the launch of a new flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone device

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  RBS’s first profit in a decade accompanied by major first for mobile channel

  News of its first profit in 10 years might overshadow a major first for the Royal Bank of Scotland’s mobile channel

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  Avast discovers Tempting Cedar Android spyware campaign

  Security researchers have uncovered a three-year-old Android spyware campaign spread through social media and targeting people in the Middle East

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Emergency Services Network progress ‘deeply unsatisfactory’, says PAC

  A Home Office review of the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme will not be finished before the end of July, the Public Accounts Committee has been told

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Developers urged to submit apps to NHS Apps Library

  NHS Digital and NHS England have further opened up the newly updated NHS Apps Library, and are asking developers to submit their apps for assessment

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Lloyds Bank announces three-year digital transformation

  Lloyds Bank has announced plans to transform how it serves customers through substantial digital investment

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Cash will remain in use in Eurozone for a very long time, says central bank

  Cash seems set to survive the onslaught of digital payments, at least in countries that use the euro

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Consumers wasting millions of gigabytes of inclusive mobile data

  Over 140 million gigabytes of mobile broadband data included in UK consumer mobile contracts is going unused every month, according to uSwitch

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Nordic banks plan common cross-border payment infrastructure

  Banks in the different Nordic countries plan to move to a shared payments infrastructure

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Grocer Lidl rolls out natural language chatbot to improve customer experience

  The German supermarket has unveiled a natural language chatbot to offer customers information about wines

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Australia’s national payment system will ease peer-to-peer payments

  New Payments Platform is expected to accelerate the decline of cash and cheques in Australia, as well as simplify invoicing for businesses through overlay services

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  Stay of execution for RBS branches and free devices for some customers

  RBS is offering free training and devices to some customers in Scotland to help them eventually live without bank branches

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  Dubai transport authority maps city to support autonomous cars

  Dubai’s RTA has enlisted Here Technologies to build a high-definition map of the city to support its goals around self-driving cars

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Google Q4 results show businesses are buying into its public cloud

  The Google Cloud Platform is earning the search engine giant $1bn per quarter. Expect more cloud investment this year

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  More than half of millennials prefer online retailer info to in-store assistance

  Customers between the ages of 25 and 34 would rather look online for information than talk to a shop assistant, even when they are in a store

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Australia’s internet speeds limiting productivity

  Australia’s broadband networks, already among the world’s slowest, could be further strained by the emergence of virtual and augmented reality

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Online retail grew less than expected in 2017

  IMRG and Capgemini found retail sales grew by 12.1% in 2017, but growth was lower than in the previous year

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Mastercard sets biometric ID deadline for banks

  Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that every one of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NRF 2018: Cryptocurrencies “won’t take off”, says Visa executive

  Visa’s CEO, Alfred Kelly, told retailers at the 2018 NRF Big Show that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies should be low on their list of priorities

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Manchester’s CityVerve launches new internet of things challenge for SMEs and startups

  Manchester’s CityVerve smart city project has called for IoT developers and startups to tackle challenges in healthcare, transport and energy

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

  Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment

  European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Nordic IT executive interview: Daniel Kjellén, CEO, Tink

  Sweden could have a head start in the race to open up banking through the European Union’s PSD2 regulation

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Tech vital to helping solve crime, says policing minister

  Policing minister Nick Hurd calls on police forces across the UK to seize the opportunities brought by digital technologies

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Dream machines: how IT is changing the world of neuroscience

  We talk to computer scientist and entrepreneur Jamil El Imad about the cutting-edge intersection of neuroscience and IT

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Abu Dhabi continues fintech agenda in 2018

  Abu Dhabi is open to developing its fintech ecosystem, with the next 12 months expected to see more focus on the sector

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Skygofree Android spyware active since 2014, say researchers

  Powerful, highly advanced spyware has been targeting Android mobiles for the past four years, security researchers have discovered

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Most UK enterprise mobiles not patched for Meltdown and Spectre

  Very few UK enterprise mobile devices have been patched against the recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre exploits and almost a quarter cannot be patched, a study shows

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Check Point finds AdultSwine malware in Google Play apps

  Security researchers have discovered new malware code hidden in game apps, mainly aimed at youngsters

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Mobile app flaws are a risk to industrial IT systems, says report

  Cyber security vulnerabilities in mobile applications could be exploited to compromise industrial network infrastructure, a report warns

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Health sector digitisation vital to combat mental health crisis

  Collaboration and digitisation within the health industry is critical to deal with the growing mental health crisis, but more support is needed from policymakers

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Spyware targets North Korean dissidents via social links, says McAfee

  Researchers at security firm McAfee have confirmed that social networks are being used to target North Korean dissidents with spyware

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  CES 2018: Pizza Hut to test autonomous delivery vehicle

  At CES 2018, underway in Las Vegas, Pizza Hut and Toyota announce a partnership to develop an autonomous pizza delivery service

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  CES 2018: Jaguar Land Rover picks Qualcomm to power in-car connectivity

  British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will incorporate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820Am automotive platform to power in-vehicle connectivity

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Google puts its payment services under one roof

  Internet giant is bringing all its payment services under the Google Pay brand, making them “simpler, safer and more consistent”

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  University of Northampton launches app-based prospectus

  University is using software to create an app-based prospectus and improve internal communications

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  London attracted record tech investment in 2017

  London-based tech firms received record levels of venture capital funding last year