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The future of banking: adapt or die

Technological advances, especially mobility and hyperconnectivity, but also ‘big data’, artificial intelligence, the ‘cloud’ and ‘blockchain’, have caused a change in consumer behavior and business models. The union of these three forces has led to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is already remodeling the economy and society, and will continue…

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Urban Mobility Platform: Uber plans to expand its business with scooters and electric bicycles for short journeys

Uber is studying the possibility of expanding its VTC business (rental cars with driver) to short-haul transport with scooters and electric bicycles, as part of its long-term strategy. The inclusion of these two new means of transport in the Uber service would improve travel within large cities and, in the…

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Use Dark patterns to improve your conversions. This is how E-commerce giants trick us with a cheat web design

Startups should learn from big and established companies . Dark Patterns is other thing that startups can apply to improve his businesses. Dark Patterns I have a challenge for you, dear readers: try to find in less than a minute the option to close the Amazon account. It is not…

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Crypto trading: How does Robinhood get benefits with zero fees?

Robinhood promotes zero-rate negotiation for its services, but how do they make profits? The answer lies in the fact that their “real customers” are high frequency commercial companies, not the customers who use their commercial services. The well-known investment company, Robinhood, is actively promoting its zero-rate negotiation services for potential…

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Microtransactions network: A tool facilitates the use of the Lightning Network

Bitcoin users interested in testing the Lightning Network (LN) microtransaction network already have an option that promises to make the process easier, especially because the user should not worry about running their own node on the network. We are talking about LndHub, a new BlueWallet utility available for mobile phones,…

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Startups: Is time to go to Africa

The startups are discovering Africa. A pioneer is Mobisol. In 2010, the Berlin startup came up with the idea of combining cheaper solar technology with mobile technology, which is widely used in Africa. It designed photovoltaic isolated solutions for households, which could be paid off via “micro payments” mobile. Meanwhile,…

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