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01-May-20 Mastercard global consumer study shows nearly eight in 10 say they use contactless payments. Early this year, contactless transactions grew twice as fast as non-contactless transactions in the grocery & drug store categories as countries imposed restrictions to promote social distancing. [image: Facility Management]
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19-Apr-20 Humanity is innovating to help modern life cope with the disruption caused by COVID-19. The pandemic has shown technology can help keep a society functional under stress- from unmanned deliveries to holographic and voice-controlled elevators. [image: nr2]
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16-Apr-20 The new milestone sees the testing of critical features of the payment platform, Pix. Under the new model, transactions will be fulfilled in up to 20 seconds, including on weekends and outside banking hours. [image: UCLA Newsroom]
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24-Mar-20 The growth of the digital economy in the Middle East and North Africa could become one of the key solutions to the region’s youth unemployment crisis. Governments in the region have taken steps to create an environment in which technology startups can thrive. [image: Ashish Laddha]
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03-Oct-19 Southeast Asia’s Internet economy will reach USD100 bn in 2019, up 39 percent from USD72 bn last year. While Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand are expanding at 20-30 percent, growth in Indonesia and Vietnam is over 40 percent. [image: bennymarty/123RF]
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