With this move, Google is slowly closing the gap with Apple Pay and creating a unified front for web payments, joining PayPal in the fight to make ecommerce payments easier.

Technology start-up Kuzzle is an open-source backend solution for mobile, web and internet of things (IoT). The solution enables financial companies to build and to seamlessly connect their web and mobile applications across all mediums and devices. The company launched its latest solution for digital banking recently at FinTech Connect Live in London.

With the aim to make it easier, cheaper and more accessible to start stock market trading, U.K. startup Shape iOS app is creating a more educational trading experience for a new generation of traders. Cherry on the top is that the company understands your concerns about the ethical standards of the sectors or companies they back.

UK “digital wealth” platform Moneyfarm recently acquired the financial chatbot technology startup Ernest with an aim of moving into the personal financial management space.

Singapore’s OCBC Bank to make banking easier for its business customers, has integrated its business mobile banking app with Apple’s Siri. The SME customers can use iPhones running on Apple’s iOS 11 mobile operating system for funds transfers and account balance enquiries.

UK began its phased roll-out of the new, image-based cheque clearing system on 30thOctober 2017. The idea behind this move is to expedite the cheque processing significantly for customers across the UK.