Loyal3 has created the Customer Stock Ownership Plan, a web and social media add-on which enables fans to buy company stock through Facebook pages.

Japan’s Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank will soon roll out a line of ATMs that scan users’ palms and require no external form of identification.

Aiming to provide a new solution to the lack of currency in Zimbabwe, local startup Yo Time offers an internet platform that allows retailers to give change in the form of mobile airtime instead.

A new initiative recently proposed by the Royal Canadian Mint proposes to create the MintChip, a digital currency that is backed by the Canadian government.

Earlier this month Barclaycard US introduced the Barclaycard Ring MasterCard, billed as “the first social credit card to be designed and built through the power of community crowdsourcing.”

Lucky Ant is a hyper-local crowdfunding platform, featuring one neighborhood business a week for the community to support.

Next 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.

Watch2Pay devices include prepaid MasterCard PayPass technology to let consumers pay for purchases with a swipe of their watch anywhere PayPass is accepted.

CivilisedMoney is a new, crowdsourced effort in the UK that aims to offer peer-to-peer alternatives to a wide range of banking services.

Singapore’s OCBC Bank recently launched a new banking service, targeting young adults with a variety of specially designed products and services.