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/regulation

DoJ investigates Mastercard debit card programme

Mastercard says the Department of Justice is investigating potential anticompetitive behaviour related to its debit card operations.

/payments

Amazon Pay rolls out Citi Flex Pay to give credit card users instalment option

Citi credit card holders can now pay in instalments when using Amazon Pay during checkout at thousands of online shopping sites.

/payments

InComm Payments creates 200 jobs with new Brazilian tech hub

America's InComm Payments is set to create around 200 technology jobs in Brazil through the opening of an IT hub in the city of Fortaleza.

/payments

Credit Agricole and Worldline to create merchant payments joint venture

Credit Agricole and Worldline have entered discussions on the establishment of a joint venture company to create a major payments player servicing merchants in France.

/retail

Apple launches savings account

Apple has launched its long-trailed Apple Card savings account from Goldman Sachs with a 4.15% annual percentage yield.

/startups

Yonder secures £62.5 million in Series A funding

Rewards credit card startup Yonder has secured £12.5 million in equity and a £50 million credit line to scale operations.

/payments

FTC sues Chargebacks911 over 'unfair techniques'

The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida are suing Chargebacks911 for unfairly thwarting people who were trying to dispute credit card charges through the chargeback process.

/payments

Mastercard unveils international payments tool

Mastercard has launched a tool that helps financial institutions set up international payments for their customers - including consumers and SMEs - in more than 60 currencies to over 100 markets.

/sustainable

Mastercard makes sustainable cards pledge

Mastercard is stepping up its sustainability efforts, vowing to ditch all first-use PVC plastics from its newly produced cards by the beginning of 2028.

/payments

Checkout.com moves into card issuing

Online payments firm Checkout.com is pushing into embedded finance with the addition of card issuing to its stack.

/payments

Judge upholds $5.6bn interchange settlement

A US federal appeals court has upheld a $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement between 12 million retailers and Visa and Mastercard over interchange fees.

/payments

Sparxpres partners Trifork and Tuum for card and financing platform

Danish financial institution Sparxpres has teamed up with core banking technology vendor Tuum and IT firm Trifork on a bespoke card and financing platform.

/payments

Card firms pause work on code for tracking firearm purchases

Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover have paused work on a new merchant category code for American gun merchants, citing pushback from Republican lawmakers.

/payments

Bank of Scotland introduces personalised gambling spend limits

Bank of Scotland is the latest UK lender to offer customers the ability to set a limit on how much they can spend each month on gambling using their debit card.

/payments

Mercedes-Benz drivers can now pay for services by onboard fingerprint sensor

Mercedes-Benz is introducing in-car fingerprint-based payments to drivers in Germany.

/crypto

Bybit launches debit card; suspends US dollar deposits

Crypto Exchange Bybit has begun the roll out of Mastercard debit cards, enabling users to convert their crypto into fiat at the point of sale and ATMs.

/security

Stripe forms issuer partnerships to help fight fraud

Stripe has launched an "enhanced issuer network": a set of partnerships with US card issuers designed to help businesses rescue fraud and boost authorisation rates.

/retail

Natwest waives customer charges for pocket money cards

Natwest customers can continue to enjoy free access to the bank's prepaid kids’ debit cards, as the lender scraps a proposed £1.99 per month subscription fee that was set to be imposed in May.

/startups

SBI Investment leads $28 million Series A in German fintech Pliant

Japan's SBI Investment has led a $28 million Series A round in Berlin-based corporate card platform, Pliant.

/payments

Barclays records surge in contactless transactions

The total value of all contactless payments jumped 49.7% in 2022, as Brits embraced the £100 transaction limit and returned to high street shopping following the easing of all coronavirus restrictions.