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Upgrade hits $3.3bn valuation

Upgrade, the lending platform launched by former LendingClub Chief Renaud Laplanche, has closed a $105 million Series E round at a $3.325 billion pre-money valuation.

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HSBC to issue accessible vertical cards

HSBC UK has teamed up with Alzheimer’s Society to design a new range of cards with features that will support people with dementia, as well as visual impairments, learning difficulties and dyslexia.

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Bank of Queensland first in Australia to roll out recycled debit cards

Bank of Queensland has become the first Australian bank to issue debit cards made from recycled plastic.

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Venmo lets credit cardholders buy crypto with cashback

Venmo credit card users can now automatically buy cryptocurrency using the cashback they earn on purchases.

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UK 'social bank' startup Kroo raises £17.7m

Kroo, a UK startup building a "social" bank, has raised £17.7 million in Series A funding round led by tech entrepreneur Rudy Karson.

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Scotiabank converts credit card repayments into BNPL instalment plans

Canada's Scotiabank is converting credit card repayments into buy now, pay later plans, with the option to pay off debt in three, six or 12-month fixed instalment payments.

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Malaysia's BigPay scores $100m investment

BigPay, the fintech arm of airline AirAsia, has secured an investment of up to US$100 million from South Korea's SK Group.

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GlobaliD and Uphold launch XRP rewards debit card

Digital identity firm GlobaliD has teamed up with digital currency outfit Uphold on a Mastercard debit card that gives users cashback in the form of XRP.

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Nexi to acquire 51% of Alpha Bank's merchant acquiring business in Greece

Italian payments processor Nexi has signed an MoU to acquire a 51% stake in Alpha Bank's merchant acquiring business.

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Nationwide cards certified by Royal National Institute of Blind People

Nationwide Building Society has begun issuing ‘dot and notch’ embossed and recycled bank cards that are certified by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).

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Visa rolls out BNPL APIs for clients

Visa is jumping into the BNPL market, rolling out APIs that let its clients offer instalment payment products.

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Intuit QuickBooks treads on Square turf with small business card reader

Intuit is looking to crash into Square's core business with the launch of a handheld card reader for small businesses customers of QuickBooks.

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Barclaycard rolls out cashback programme

Barclaycard has teamed up with Visa to give UK shoppers automatic cashback when spending on credit cards at a host of high street and digital retailers.

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Barclaycard to make B2B payments smarter with Mastercard Track services

Barclaycard Payments has agreed to join Mastercard's multi-rail, account-to-account Track Business Payment Services operation, providing a new range of functionality for business customers.

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Afterpay launches money management app

Australian buy now, pay later firm Afterpay is diversifying through the launch of a 'money and lifestyle' app.

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Mastercard simplifies card payments for crypto firms

Mastercard is using the USDC stablecoin to make it easier for people to spend their cryptocurrency with its cards.

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Discover invests $30m in BNPL firm Sezzle

Discover is investing $30 million in buy now, pay later startup Sezzle as part of an agreement that also sees the card firm launch a BNPL service on its network.

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Mastercard barred from onboarding customers in India for breaking data storage rules

The Reserve Bank of India has told Mastercard to stop onboarding all new credit, debit and prepaid card customers in the country, accusing the firm of violating data storage rules.

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Over half the world’s population will use mobile wallets by 2025, says Boku study

More than one in two people will use a mobile wallet by 2025, as cash is increasingly displaced, finds a study from mobile payments company, Boku. This equates to an increase of 2.7 to 4.8 billion wallets in use globally in the next four years.

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Google plans fintech move in Japan

Big tech firm Google is reported to be planning a push into Japan's financial services market