Dear Subscriber,

Following on from Tuesday’s newsletter, here is part two of PaymentEye’s top reads from 2016, as we close out the year.

From everyone at PaymentEye, we hope that you have a happy new year and a great start to 2017!

Enjoy!

Following the predictions made by the British public that include the UK becoming a cashless society within the next two decades and clothes being connected to the internet, this infographic from Wirecard and Statista takes a detailed look at the rise of the Internet of Things from various angles and tracks the increasing amount of cashless transactions being made.

There’s good news for fintech challengers trying to compete with established retail bank products like current accounts this morning.

New research sheds light on what Europeans think about biometric technology and how it can influence the payment experience.

Barclays has released a video showing a typical, yet complex, ATM scam that leaves people completely in the dark about the fact that they have just been scammed.