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Money’s sci-fi future might still be cash

It's easy to find your day job affecting how you react to details in entertainment. Binge-watching The Expanse on Netflix, a show set 200 years in the future and attempting to show a realistic view of the future - no lightsabers here - I found…
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Down the Tubes – Ten years of NFC

Remember the guy commuting by waterslide to a soundtrack of the laid back country rock of the Bellamy Brothers’ ‘Just let your love flow’. He swooshed through supermarkets and shops and every time he wanted to pay for something he tapped…
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Wearable tech and Fintech PR: The importance of insight

This blog post was written by Michael Scanlan, CCgroup In 1975, the German electronic band, Kraftwerk, appeared on Tomorrow’s World playing Autobahn while the voiceover explained how they used their ever-so modern synthesisers to create…
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A world of apps, FinTech Innovations and Commodore 64s

This post was first published by Michael Scanlan on the CCgroup blog. In 1987, I went on holiday to the Soviet Union. Don’t ask. Anyway, when I was there, I went into GUM, the famous department store in Red Square, to buy some souvenirs.…
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Fintech vendors need to challenge the banks and payment companies to look beyond technology

This post was first published by Daniel Lowther on the CCgroup blog. Let me say this first. I’m a big believer in mobile payments. Having worked with companies like Visa, VeriFone and Kalixa for many years, I truly believe that mobility…