New Payment Methods Revolution ‘Inevitable’ – UK Report
A decade or so ago, checks and cash payments were the standards, which then got replaced by wire transfers and money orders. But in this day and age, new payment technology such as mobile payment solutions and peer-to-peer digital cash are driving “inevitable” change in the payments industry, according to a new report from Payments UK. Paying for goods....
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