Apple announced in early August about expansion of Apple Pay more aggressively.

Fintech start-ups have garnered lot of interest from the banking industry. With digital technology and advanced analytics, these start-ups are providing applications for all and more banking services.

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DBS Bank has launched a mortgage app, DBS Home360, that lets Hong Kong homebuyers take advantage of virtual reality. The bank in its endeavor to make banking more interactive for its customers and add value to their experience has now enabled its buyers in Hongkong to have virtual, 360 degree tours of properties.

Credit referencing firm Equifax has reported a cyber-breach that compromised the personal information of approximately 143 million US consumers – almost half of the country. The company said a US website application’s vulnerability was exploited to gain access to certain files between the months of May and July of this year. Equifax came to know of this on July 29.

Visa said the deal has the potential to add as much as 100 basis points to the company’s net revenue growth by 2021.The Wall Street Journal first reported the Visa acquisition.

Now people dining at KFC in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will pay for their meals by smiling.