Why is banking becoming more visual? How is awkwardness fuelling payment innovations? And just who is wearing a wristband wallet? In our 2014 sector snapshot of Money, we round up the insights and innovations impacting the finance sector over the last six months.

In the second part of his report on e-commerce in Latin America, Ulysses De La Torre discusses the key differences between the Brazilian and Mexican markets, and examines the opportunities that are available to online retailers in Mexico.

Will we all adopt NFC payments? How will our privacy concerns hinder the development of electronic money? Do we really trust brands over banks and why should all finance companies be watching Apple?

With 55,000 retail outlets having NFC technology at their disposal, over half of new smartphones will support NFC by 2014. We spoke with a group of people about their attitudes towards mobile payments and their concerns over security.