Dreadful user experience can be expensive.
"Citibank just got a $500 million lesson in the importance of UI design: Citibank was trying to make $7.8M in interest payments. It sent $900M instead." The screenshot is from court records where the judge ruled against Citibank who had wanted to get their money back. The lesson is to always include...
Source: arstechnica.com
Stripe acquires Nigeria's Paystack for over $200 million to expand its footprint in Africa
Africa is a great opportunity for ecommerce in coming decades and Nigeria's Paystack has been growing fast. "Stripe is a San Francisco-based fintech startup that provides payments infrastructure for businesses. Its software and APIs are used by millions of companies of all sizes to accept payments,...
Source: techstartups.com
Publication bias is a challenge in science and a criticism of the influence of industry.
Publication bias is a challenge in science and a criticism of the influence of industry. In the domain of biosciences and drug development more accountability (e.g. the FDAAA 2007), editorial and peer-review training (as suggested by the Cochrane Collaboration), and statistical techniques (as championed...
Development of new antibiotics encouraged with new pharmaceutical payment system: The NHS will test the world's first ‘subscription’
Development of new antibiotics encouraged with new pharmaceutical payment system: The NHS will test the world's first ‘subscription’ style payment model to incentivise pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs for resistant infections.
"The new trial will be led by the National Institute for...
Source: www.gov.uk
1 in 12 doctors accepts payment from pharmaceutical companies related to opioids: One in twelve physicians -- and nearly
1 in 12 doctors accepts payment from pharmaceutical companies related to opioids: One in twelve physicians -- and nearly one in five family medicine physicians -- accepted payments from pharmaceutical companies related to opioids, according to a new study out of Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center...
Source: eurekalert.org
Does tying payment to quality improve quality? In one Medicare Advantage Program the answer is no.
Does tying payment to quality improve quality? In one Medicare Advantage Program the answer is no.
Source: healthcare-economist.com
Google officially launches new NFC payment service Android Pay | ExtremeTech: Google is trying NFC payments again with Android
Google officially launches new NFC payment service Android Pay | ExtremeTech: Google is trying NFC payments again with Android Pay, but you might not be able to use it yet.
Source: extremetech.com
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