

Imagine paying for groceries by scanning your fingertip. “What we have engineered is a way to simply plug recurring payments into their existing systems, across the world, so they can focus on the challenges that really matter.”ģ - A British supermarket chain offers “finger vein” payment. “As more and more businesses become international, they face endless frustrations in managing payments across multiple territories,” explained GoCardless CEO and cofounder Hiroki Takeuchi to Venture Beat. Some experts estimate that 35% of Fortune 2000 companies generate revenues via subscriptions, and GoCardless would help manage these payments as direct debit transactions. GoCardless, a fintech startup that aims to make it easier for companies to collect recurring payments from customers, has raised $22.5 million in a round of funding from existing investors. Sometimes even the apps you trust cannot be trusted.Ģ - GoCardless raises $22.5 million to help companies collect payments by direct debit globally.

An Avast spokesperson says Avast Piriform believes it was able to prevent the breach from harming customers. Over two million users were affected when the download servers used by Avast (CCleaner’s owner) were compromised to distribute the malware. Security researchers at Cisco Talos discovered that hackers injected malware into the CCleaner app which has been used by millions of people and businesses to rid their computers of potential malware and other anomalies. Did you miss them?ġ - Hackers hid malware in CCleaner software. Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. (This post originally appeared on Forbes)
