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News/payments
Goldman Sachs has teamed up with American Express to deploy a cloud-based payment service for large corporate clients.
20 October 2021
News/startups
X1, the challenger credit card for digital natives founded by former Twitter executives, is rolling out of private beta to a waitlist of 350,000 people.
19 October 2021
Starling Bank is to let customers set their own contactless limit, noting little demand and a fair degree of concern over the raising of the contactless ceiling to £100 later this week.
13 October 2021
Global Processing Services, the payment processor behind a host of challenger bank startups, including Revolut and Starling, has raised $300 million from Advent International and Viking Global Investors.
Mobile virtual network operator To The Moon has added a debit card to its SIM-only offering, enabling users to manage their network and finance needs in one space.
12 October 2021
News/sustainable
Santander has begun rolling out its sustainable payment cards made with recycled material in Spain.
08 October 2021
Barclaycard is rolling out a product that enables businesses to accept payments from cardholders in their local currency, then automatically converts the funds and settles the payment in either sterling, euro or US dollars, using a locked-in rate.
30 September 2021
Visa is to build a new office hub in the fintech-savvy city of Atlanta, tapping in to the city's entrepreneurial spirt and local talent pool.
Highnote, a card issuing startup founded by a pair of Braintree veterans, has emerged from stealth mode with $54 million in combined funding from both a Seed and Series A round.
28 September 2021
News/security
Lloyds Banking Group customers will be able to set their own limits when the new £100 ceiling on contactless card payments comes into effect next month.
24 September 2021
Entrust is to gain a foothold in the digital card issuance space with the acquisition of Paris-based Antelop.
22 September 2021
Wells Fargo and Mastercard have joined a $60 million growth funding round for Bilt Rewards, a loyalty programme and credit card that enables property renters to earn points on their payments.
News/retail
Monzo subscribers can now make card payments from their saving 'Pots' with the digital bank.
21 September 2021
The British Retail Consortium is calling on politicians to tackle the cost of card fees in the UK, as new research reveals that four in every five pounds spent in UK shops is now made by plastic.
Mastercard is offering customers the chance to win its first-ever Non-Fungible Token (NFT), created in partnership with global amabassador and soccer coach José Mourinho.
17 September 2021
All-in-one card fintech Curve has become the second UK firm this week, after Monzo, to launch a buy now, pay later service called Flex.
JP Morgan Merchant Services has begun processing US credit card payments for Alibaba's B2B business unit.
16 September 2021
Self Financial, a fintech startup promising to help Americans build their credit while also saving money, has raised $50 million in a Series E funding round led by Altos Ventures.
Monzo's much heralded buy now, pay later product appears to be more akin to an old-fashioned pre-approved line of credit, giving customers the option to pay off loans interest free over three instalments or incur a 19% APR interest rate for longer instalment plans.
News/inclusion
TomoCredit, the US startup behind a credit card designed to help first-time borrowers build credit history, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Kapor Capital and KB Investment, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Kookmin Bank.
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