The days of carrying cash on your person are slowly fading with card and mobile payments starting to dominate transactions across the world. We’e looked at the true value of going cashless and how it’s affected different industries.
The Rise of Digital & Mobile Wallets: 2018 Global Usage Stats
In the 21st century as more people rely on on convenience to make their transactions we look at how the rise of digital and mobile wallets has increased around the world and grown into a multi-billion dollar industry.
Headquarter Locations Of Top 101 Y Combinator Companies
The map above shows the headquarter locations of the top 101 Y Combinator Companies by valuation as of October 2018.
Note Strikingly is headquartered in Shanghai China and not Sunnyvale as originally published.
Top 100 UK Companies Ranked By Profit & Revenue Per Employee
The UK’s most profitable FTSE 100 company is little known 3i (private equity and venture capital) which generates a staggering £5,206,406 ($6,858,685 USD) of profit per employee. The Oil & Gas industry generates the highest revenue per employee at £3,733,442 ($4,918,268 USD).
However, Real Estate Investment Trusts are the UK’s most profitable industry, with companies averaging just over £686,000 ($903,705 USD) of profit per employee.
The full data set and interactive charts for all FTSE 100 companies can be found below, but first a few other highlights.
The Rise & Fall (And Rise & Fall) Of The Top 10 Cryptocurrencies From 2014-2018
This post is either really well or very poorly timed. When we first had the idea for it, the total cryptocurrency market had soared to an estimated $822 billion. But as of the time of publication it has plunged by 47%, down to $433 billion (17 Jan 2018).