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Pokémon Quest lands on Android and iOS for free

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by on June 27, 2018 at 7:36 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, gaming


Following an announcement last month about four new Pokémon games coming to the Nintendo Switch, the first has now arrived on mobile as a free-to-play title. It’s called Pokémon Quest, and it takes you to a new environ called Tumblecube Island that’s filled with the mini monsters, as well as collectibles to power them up for battle. The game features cute voxel art-style graphics, with plenty of colorful, blocky flora and fauna filling your screen. You’ll start off exploring the island with a single Pokémon, who you can send off on expeditions to fight other monsters, and collect items for boosting…

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2018 will be the year of open banking. Here’s everything you need to know.

Jun27
by on June 27, 2018 at 7:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Reinventing the World of Banking


2018 has brought open banking to Europe. On January 13th, 2018, after more than two years of planning, the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) arrived in Europe. This directive has for the first time forced European banks to open up their API’s to fintech and other financial companies. This change will give these companies access to payment data, which means there will be more competition in areas that banks have traditionally dominated. As a result, PSD2 is changing and will continue to change the relationships between consumers and financial institutes.    So, what is PSD2, other than a wonky acronym?…

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