Apple has reported record quarterly profits, up 124% year-on-year, as sales of its ever popular iPhone and iPad products more than doubled. The company’s net income was $7.31bn in their last quarter and in that time Apple sold 9.25 million iPads and 20.34 million iPhones, with an increase of 142% from the number of phones [...]
December 16, 2009
Cheques are to be phased out by October 2018 if adequate alternatives can be developed in time according to the latest announcement from the board of the UK Payments Council. This announcement comes after 350 years of cheque usage, however because of the use of credit, debit and contactless payment cards, alongside online shopping and [...]
August 26, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Better known for their mobile phones, Finnish telecoms giant Nokia is branching out – into the world of financial services. In March this year, Nokia sank $70million into mobile payment specialist Obopay and Nokia will now be working alongside the company to develop services which will enable consumers to send and receive [...]
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July 20, 2011
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