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Brex invests in Indian corporate card startup Kodo

US corporate card unicorn Brex has joined an $8.75 million seed funding round for for Indian peer Kodo.

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ASA rules against misleading communications by Lanistar and Laybuy

Controversial fintech startup Lanistar is back in the wars again after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that claims made by the firm about the saffety of its card payments product could not be substantiated.

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Paysend aims for global growth on $125 million funding round

UK card-to-card payments platform Paysend has secured $125 million in Series B funding to grow its global footprint.

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CleverCards raises €10M; picks up EMI licence through acquisition of ExpendiaSmart

Irish B2B card payments outfit CleverCards has closed on a €10 million funding round and picked up a European Money Institution licence through the acquisition of spend management platform ExpendiaSmart.

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Digiseq enables users to pair their chip cards to a wearable with a phone tap

Digiseq is announcing a wearables breakthrough through a mobile app that can turn any supported object embedded with an NFC chip into a contactless payment device.

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AmEx makes "groundless" case for bombarding customers with emails

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has fined American Express £90,000 for sending more than four million marketing emails to customers who did not want to receive them.

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Digital wallets poised to overtake contactless cards as instore payment of choice in Australia

When shopping instore, Aussies are increasingly choosing digital wallets as their preferred way to pay compared to tapping a card, according to latest figures from CBA.

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Bunq becomes first European issuer to launch True Name Cards

Dutch digital bank bunq has become the first European issuer of Mastercard True Name cards, offering transgender and non-binary people the ability to use their chosen name on eligible credit cards.

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US banks to pilot credit for people with no credit score - WSJ

Several big American banks, including JPMorgan Chase, are signed up for a government-backed pilot using alternative data to get credit to people with low or no credit scores, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Fed consults on debit card standards and fintech access to payment network

The US Federal Reserve is to push through new rules to ensure that merchants can choose between multiple networks for routing card-not-present transactions, as well as guidelines for allowing newly-chartered fintechs direct access to the Fed's payment network.

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VitraCash crowdfunds for smart debit card

VitraCash, a UK fintech startup that uses AI to select the best card in consumer wallets for each transaction, has closed a pre-seed crowdfunding round of £330,000.

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Visa invests in Remitly

Visa has made a "sizeable" equity investment in Remitly to help the digital remittance outfit expand its network in emerging markets.

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Curve returns to the crowd for fresh funding round

Curve, the London-based fintech that combines multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and app, is to return to the crowd for fresh funding five months after sealing a $95 million equity round.

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Big Issue sellers to accept PayPal QR Code payments

Sellers of the Big Issue, a magazine sold by the homeless across the UK, are now able to accept PayPal QR Code payments, following an accelerated roll out of iZettle card readers to over a third of its vendor network.

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Nuvei agrees $250m deal to buy crypto firm Simplex

Canadian payments firm Nuvei has agreed a $250 million cash deal to acquire Simplex, a fintech startup providing fiat infrastructure to the cryptocurrency industry.

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Tala taps Visa for crypto-to-fiat payment cards

Visa is working with personal finance app Tala to help underbanked populations participate in the crypto economy.

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Boost raises $22m to digitise B2B payments

B2B payments player Boost Payment Solutions has raised $22 million in a Series C funding round led by Invictus Growth Partners.

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Curve partners Cardlytics for rewards programme

All-in-one card fintech Curve has enlisted Cardlytics for the launch of an in-app rewards programme.

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Barclays sees £900m growth opportunity in payments

Barclays has identified payments as a key growth opportunity worth £900 million over three years thank to areas such as merchant acquiring and the BNPL market.

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Gemini partners Mastercard on crypto rewards card

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has teamed up with Mastercard and WebBank for its upcoming credit card that lets users earn crypto rewards.