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Ahead of the new T&Cs being rolled out to some two billion WhatsApp users worldwide, Signal has suddenly found itself at the top of the charts on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in multiple regions around the world.
While Telegram has also surged up the charts, with the app now more popular on the UK App Store than WhatsApp, which was previously the most-popular chat app. And new stats have underlined just how much of a meteoric rise both Signal and Telegram are enjoying right now.
According to a post by Business Insider, last week Signal saw a jaw-dropping 4,200 percent increase on its week-on-week download figures. During that period Signal was downloaded 7.5 million times, according to app analytics firm Sensor Tower.
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It takes an average of eight days to deliver a physical bank card to an employee, according to the bank, and even longer with staff working from home. Barclaycard research also found that 63% of employees are responsible for filing their own expenses, which might interfere with their day-to-day responsibilities.
The platform claims to make this process far easier, allowing businesses to oversee payments as soon as they are made. The use of virtual cards also reduces plastic and paper usage, while also supporting multiple currencies, including GBP, USD, and EUR.
Commenting on the launch, Barclaycard Payments president Marc Pettican said that “the pandemic has reinvented the way businesses operate, with remote working now the norm for millions of staff across the UK”.