First ever hyper-local crowdfunding platformLucky Ant is a hyper-local crowdfunding platform, featuring one neighborhood business a week for the community to support.
In Chicago, insurance company launches community café for localsNext Door is a new Chicago-based café from insurers State Farm. Offering financial coaching and classes, the café is designed to help the company get closer to the local community.
RFID-enabled watch offers contactless MasterCard paymentsWatch2Pay devices include prepaid MasterCard PayPass technology to let consumers pay for purchases with a swipe of their watch anywhere PayPass is accepted.
In the UK, crowdsourced bank offers peer-to-peer financial servicesCivilisedMoney is a new, crowdsourced effort in the UK that aims to offer peer-to-peer alternatives to a wide range of banking services.
Singapore bank targets young adults with tailored productsSingapore’s OCBC Bank recently launched a new banking service, targeting young adults with a variety of specially designed products and services.
Service uses gaming to reward consumers for saving moneySaveUp is a free service that rewards consumers for their smart financial decisions.
A marketplace for buying & selling sales leadsSaleSpread gives businesses a way to sell the prospects they can’t use and buy others they can.
Russian ATM can detect when users are lyingMoscow-based Sberbank has developed a banking machine that can tell when a patron is lying.
An ATM designed for illiterate usersNCR has developed an ATM that taps biometric technologies to make it suitable for use by illiterate and semi-illiterate populations.
In China, app enables discounted mobile payments at vending machinesThe Ubox app enables users to pay for snacks at vending machines using their phone, awarding a 10 percent discount on all purchases made this way.