How Tappit is improving fan experience at festivals and sports events by making payments cashless
The cashless events specialist works with Manchester City FC, Formula One and the Tomorrowland festival — using technology…
Fintech
What is Klarna? Profiling Europe’s most valuable fintech
Swedish payment firm Klarna has become the most valuable fintech in Europe after a recent funding round placed…
Why Walmart and Facebook are ‘wasting their time’ by entering cryptocurrency market
A new patent filing shows Walmart is deliberating launching its own cryptocurrency, similar to Facebook's Libra, but an…
Revolut made past mistakes, but is now a ‘very different company’, says CEO
Speaking at the Unbound innovation festival in London, Revolut boss Nikolay Storonsky discussed workplace culture, leadership, Brexit and…
Five crypto trends to look out for in 2019, according to Blockchain.com founder
Despite a tricky 2018 for crypto and digital currencies, the announcement that Facebook has entered the market might…
UK insurtech sector two years behind the US, says Silicon Valley Bank director
UK insurtech currently lags behind its US counterparts, which includes the likes of New York-based Lemonade and Metromile
The popular South African apps that let users order food and alcohol to their door
In a special 2019 series, NS Business is shining a spotlight on South Africa. From taxi booking apps…
Why the Tangle distributed ledger technology could be the backbone of IoT
Tangle is a distributed ledger technology rivalling blockchain that uses a web, rather than blocks, to distribute and…
European tech sector grows faster than US as 21 new billion-dollar companies emerge
Spotify could become Europe's first $50bn "Tech Titan" as the number of billion-dollar tech companies in Europe grows
FinTech Alliance to strengthen competitiveness of UK sector on global stage
Chancellor Philip Hammond announced the FinTech Alliance at the Innovate Finance Global Summit in London, labelling the UK…