Cashless Futures | LS:N Global

Design Directions

Fluid Capital

The move towards a cashless society is inspiring a new visual language around financial values, transactions and the appearance of money.

Viewpoints

Gadi Amit: The cashless crisis

The president of NewDealDesign on why digital payments still need tangible feedback.

Cashless Futures : Banking : Fin Tech

News

Show me the money

San Francisco – Studio New Deal Design has developed a conceptual device that enables consumers to see and feel their spending.

New Deal Design : Cashless Futures : The E-motional Economy

Big Ideas

Cash is out

London – Supermarket chain Waitrose has opened its first cashless store inside Sky’s head office building.

Waitrose : Cashless Futures : Retail

Big Ideas

Ola to cashless India

India – Ola Money, the payment platform used by India’s equivalent of Uber, is enabling consumers to make payments on other websites. More than ...

Ola Money : Zipcash : Cashless Futures

Big Ideas

Cash concerns

US – The digital wallet is failing to take off with security-wary consumers, according to the latest figures from industry analyst Gallup.

Gallup : Digital Wallet : Apple Pay

Big Ideas

Soft currency

UK – Cashless payments have overtaken those in hard cash for the first time, according to new figures from the UK’s Payments Council.

Cashless Payments : UK Payments Council : Oyster Card

Big Ideas

The Uber of food

US – Maple has launched a quality food delivery service in New York.

David Chang : Cashless Futures : Delivery

News

Laundry locker room

Netherlands – Bubble & Stitch is bringing the laundry locker room service to Amsterdam.

Bubble & Stitch : 24/hr Service : Cashless Futures

Big Ideas

Stratos smart card

The cashless future has a new pin-up in Stratos, a smart card that combines every piece of plastic into one bluetooth-enabled service.

Stratos : Smart Card : Cashless Futures

Big Ideas

Hospitality joins click-to-buy movement on Instagram

Conrad Hotels & Resorts has introduced a like-to-buy button on its Instagram page, making it the first hospitality brand to do so.

Conrad Hotels & Resorts : Instagram : Cashless Futures

Viewpoints

Sarah Quinlan: MasterCard and mobile payments

Sarah Quinlan of MasterCard explains the future of mobile payments.

Sarah Quinland : MasterCard : Cashless Futures

Big Ideas

New dining app introduces cashless payments and bidding for tables

Reserve, a new digital concierge service, is set to put an end to fumbling with cash or cards to pay for meals and will invite diners to bid for ta...

Reserve : Table Bidding : Cashless Futures

Viewpoints

Danielle Anderson: How to make digital an experience

Danielle Anderson, director of digital experience at Harris + Hoole, gives LS:N Global a peek behind the scenes.

Café Culture : Online App : Harris + Hoole

Big Ideas

Web Summit 2014 Review

Technology experts and innovators gathered in Dublin in November to assess the future of technology.

Facebook : Guardian : PayPal

Big Ideas

Marc Jacobs makes Instagram more shoppable

Fashion label Marc Jacobs has developed a new path to purchase option for Instagram.

Marc Jacobs : Instagram : Cashless Futures

Big Ideas

Payments start-up embraces crypto-currencies with new card

A new debit card is enabling people to pay with Bitcoin, regular money and loyalty points.

Cryptocurrency : Shift : Loyalty

Big Ideas

US start-up hopes to facilitate Chinese purchase of Western goods

Payment service Stripe has joined forces with China’s Alipay to make it easier for Chinese consumers to buy from Western brands.

Alipay : Stripe : Payments

Big Ideas

Emerging economies to drive cashless payments worldwide

London – Consumers are edging towards a cashless society as global digital and NFC transactions are forecast to grow exponentially by the end of ...

Cashless Futures : Alibaba : NFC

Big Ideas

Barclaycard keeps in touch with new pay band technology

Barclays bank stakes its claim to a share of the wearable technology market with a wristband that enables people to make frictionless touch payme...

Cashless Futures : Cashless Payments : Barclaycard

Big Ideas

US consumers gradually adopt the mobile wallet

The number of US consumers using their smartphones as mobile wallet devices is increasing gradually, but they remain a minority.

Mobile Wallet : Mobile Payments : Cashless Futures

Micro Trends

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin. Millions of us are aware of it. Most of us have no idea how it operates, or what its purpose is.

Bitcoin : V-Currencies : Cashless Futures

Big Ideas

2014 set to be the year of mobile banking

Mobile : Mitek : Transaction

Big Ideas

CES: PulseWallet debuts payment by palm

CES : PulseWallet : Payment

Big Ideas

Net-A-Porter builds social network with new app

David Moth : Women's Wear Daily : Shopper