Dear Subscriber,

Did you know the global mobile payments industry is set to be worth $3.39 trillion by 2022, with a projected growth of 33.4% from 2016 to 2022, according to Allied Market Research.

In other news, Stockholm-based provider of contactless and mobile card readers iZettle has partnered with China’s payments giant, UnionPay, on increasing card acceptance for European SMEs.

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Smartphone shoppers boosted online spending to hit a record high in the UK last year, resulting of £133bn being spent in 2016.

Fresh off securing $63m in funding and appointing a new CFO, the Stockholm-based provider of contactless and mobile card readers has partnered with China’s payments giant, UnionPay, on increasing card acceptance for European SMEs.

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