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How Can Banks Keep Customers Loyal in the Open Banking Era?

There’s a revolution happening in banking. Just when we thought the industry couldn’t get any more competitive, the Open Banking Standard is introduced. Set in motion by The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigation into the UK banking industry, this...

Shoppers Don’t Mind Sharing Data Over Wi-Fi If They Can Get Offers

Survey shows retailers will reap rewards if they overcome consumers’ concerns about data security and being bombarded with irrelevant or irritating messages. 74% of shoppers are ready to share basic personal data over in-store Wi-Fi if it means they will receive...

Bitcoin Is at Risk of No Longer Being the Biggest Digital Currency

Step aside, bitcoin. There’s another digital token in town that’s winning over the hearts and wallets of cryptocurrency enthusiasts across the globe. The value of either, the digital currency linked to the ethereum blockchain, could surpass that of bitcoin by the...

AWS Slashes Reserved Instances Prices

Price reductions are less common for computer resources than they were in the early days of cloud computing. But AWS customers can still find value in occasional Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) price cuts. In May, AWS reduced prices on a slew...

8 Myths Uncovered about the Role of Social Media in Online Reviews

Thanks to social media and the growing prevalence of rating sites such as Yelp, TripAdvisor, FourSquare, and the like, consumers are gaining greater access to useful reviews that extend beyond the almighty word-of-mouth recommendation or condemnation. Here, we’re uncovering 8 myths...

Apple and Google’s Smartphone Duopoly Has No End in Sight

In just a decade’s time, the smartphone has become the anchor for millions of people’s daily lives. And in that same time, the entire market for those devices has coalesced around two companies. While the the race among companies that make...

Breaking: Lloyds Completes £1.9bn Takeover of Chester Credit Card Business MBNA

Lloyds Banking Group has this morning (June 1) announced the completion of its £1.9bn takeover of credit card business MBNA Ltd. Following the receipt of regulatory and competition approval, Lloyds has now acquired Chester-headquartered MBNA from Bank of America subsidiary FIA...

WWDC 2017: What to Expect from Apple’s Big Developer Conference

Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2017 is just days away, and as well as the announcement of iOS 11, we’re likely to hear about a variety of other new software – such as watchOS 4 – and even potentially some...

An Introduction to Kotlin for Android Development

At the latest Google I/O conference, Google announced that Android development would now fully support Kotlin. This is big news as it opens up an entirely new avenue for those that want to start creating their own Android applications. And...

Leaks Suggest Apple’s New Handset Will Have an Edge-to-edge Display

Home Button will probably be replaced by Touch ID fingerprint scanner Might have dual camera system with one on top of the other and a flash between Leak suggests dual speakers at the bottom edge with a Lightening port Designer Benjamin Geskin uploaded...