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Samsung Pay mobile payments launch in US

Cashless Payments, NewsBy m@ttd351gn 28/09/2015

Samsung Pay, the mobile payments application from Samsung, has now been launched in the US. Since Monday, those in the US with a compatible handset, namely Samsung’s Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge + and Galaxy Note5, have been able to make mobile payments in stores. Samsung Pay not only works using Near…

Why is a US$ banknote called a ‘Greenback’?

Banknotes, Currency, NewsBy m@ttd351gn 20/06/2012

Until 1857 all US $ bills were printed using ‘carbon black’ based ink on both the front and reverse of the note. The colour green used on US currency was invented in 1857 by a Canadian chemist named Thomas Sterry Hunt. Like other chemists of his day, he used natural pigments and laboratory chemicals to…