It’s not a coincidence that my mum would always tell me to take cash to the shops, as physical money is psychologically more difficult to spend. E-commerce companies are going out of their way to make sure that their payment options are as digitally native and frictionless as possible. Likewise, the fintech industry is spotting the opportunity in the mobile transformations, as people change how they think about, spend, send, receive and manage money.

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