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Apple ‘surprised’ by Germany’s new law to open up mobile payments
Germany has introduced new legislation to deal with money-laundering, and it's causing problems for Apple. On Thursday, the German Parliament passed a raft of new measures to bring the country in line with EU directives on money laundering. These inc...
Apple hopes interest-free iPhones will boost slow Chinese sales
As smartphones get more expensive, and the innovation in new devices gets less grand, there's less reason to upgrade your device every two years. It's a problem for all device manufacturers which rely upon handset sales to grease the wheels of their...
Railroad Crossing Standing Bank
All aboard the savings train with the Standing Railroad Bank. Modeled after a railroad crossing caution signal, this bank stands almost 54 inches tall which should give kids (or train-loving adults!) plenty of room to hold enough coins to buy a railroad… or at least a train ticket or two.
The bank not only saves coins, it also lights up with flashing red lights. Is that the sound of a coin clinking at the bottom of the savings tube? Nope! That’s the sound of a passing train- this bank recreates train sounds too. Put this next to your model railroad setup as a donation box (so you can buy more model trains?) or gift it to the thrifty train loving kid on your list.
Railroad Crossing Standing Bank
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Pikachu Coin Stealing Bank
Pikachu has stolen your heart and now everyone’s favorite Pokemon will steal your coins. Don’t worry you’ll get them back in the end, if you’re nice to him. The Pikachu Coin Stealing Bank looks like a (somewhat) normal box when it’s closed. Just put the coin into the proper position atop the bank, and watch as the box opens and Pikachu’s face appears, he says “Pika Pika Pikachu” and he sticks his little Poke paw out and grabs the coin and drags it into the bank. The lid closes and everyone’s happy. Except for Snorlax, he’s still very hungry and very sleepy.
Now of course this would have been super ideal if it was spherical like a Pokeball but the laws of physics don’t really allow for a coin to easily be balanced on a rounded surface. Maybe it’s different in Pokemon World but we’re living here on Earth, so a box shape will have to suffice. This super cute novelty bank will make a great gift for the Pokemon fan in your life.
Pikachu Coin Stealing Bank
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Venmo’s 25-cent instant transfers are now available for everyone
Payment sharing services from Paypal, Square and Venmo are great, but it can take some time to move funds from those accounts to your bank so you can use them in real life. Last year, Paypal introduced $0.25 instant transfer fees to make it much fast...
Open Banking is here to change how you manage your money
After completing a review of the retail banking sector back in the summer of 2016, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concluded that stagnation had set in. It found that hardly anyone switches banks each year, and the huge financial insti...
UK banks finally learn how to clear cheques in a day
Despite a huge rise in online and contactless payments, cheques are still ridiculously popular. In 2016 alone, Brits sent over 477 million of them, making their recipients wait up to five days to get their hands on the money. For decades, the Cheque...
Massive Cyber Attack hit Top 5 Russian Banks: Kaspersky
A massive cyber attack hit top five Russian banks this week, global internet security giant Kaspersky reported on Friday, adding that these attacks were still going on.The distributed denial-of-...
What Azealia Banks Did Against Russell Crowe?
Who’s telling the truth? It is hard to say after the events of Sunday that went down at the Beverly Hill Hotel where Russell Crowe hosted a party.The 25 years old rapper, Azealia Banks accompanied...