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22-Aug-19 Once a cashless pioneer, Japan is now lagging behind countries such as Sweden and Korea on electronic payments, because of its aging population, low crime and virtually no counterfeiting. Four out of five purchases are still made with cash. [image: AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura]
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14-Jun-18 Sweden’s Truecaller first entered India's mobile market in 2017 during the launch of the Unified Payments Interface. With the recent announcement of its acquisition of Indian payments startup Chillr, it is increasing its ambitions considerably. [image: Pymnts]
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12-Mar-18 Despite the increased use of electronic payments around the world, there is “scant evidence” of a shift away from cash, according to the latest quarterly review from the Bank for International Settlements - the 'central bank of central banks'. [image: istock / news.com.au]
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13-Aug-17 A European Parliament research paper on health tourism in the 28 EU countries found health tourism will develop at 2% growth per year, with wellness tourism accounting for three-quarters of all health tourism. [image: IMTJ]
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