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Indonesian payments infrastructure firm Xendit raises $64.6m

Southeast Asian digital payments infrastructure provider Xendit has raised US$64.6 million in a Series B funding round led by Accel.

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Lithuanian startup kevin. bids to cut out card networks at the checkout

Lithuanian payments startup kevin. has released a novel product for merchants that switches customers from card payments to account-to-account (A2A) payments at the checkout.

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Sunak to pitch increase in contactless limit to £100 as 'Brexit dividend'

UK chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce a change in the contactless limit from £45 to £100 in his budget speech this week.

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Stori raises $32.5m to bring credit cards to Mexico's middle class

Mexican fintech Stori has raised $32.5 million in a Series B funding round to bring credit cards to the country's middles class.

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Affirm unveils BNPL debit card

Max Levchin's BNPL outfit Affirm is launching a debit card that lets users pay for purchases over time.

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TreeCard secures $5.1 million investment for wooden debit card

TreeCard, the provider of a wooden Mastercard debit card that channels profits from merchant surcharges into reforestation programmes, has raised $5.1 million in a funding round led by EQT Ventures

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Intuit sues Visa and Mastercard over 'price fixing'

Intuit has filed a federal lawsuit against Mastercard and Visa over 'unlawful' price fixing in interchange and card scheme fee structures.

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BNPL expected to double market share in UK e-commerce within the next four years

Buy now, pay later schemes are expected to account for 10 percent of all UK e-commerce sales by 2024, according to data compiled by Worldpay.

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European banks seek technical partners to help build rival to Visa and Mastercard

The European Payments Initiative, a bank-backed joint venture that aims to build a rival to Mastercard and Visa, has put out a Request for Information for 'qualified technical partners' to help build its central infrastructure.

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South African digital challenger TymeBank raises $109m; preps Philippines launch

South African digital lender TymeBank has raised R1.6 billion (about $109 million) in a round joined by an Apis Partners fund and Philippines-based JG Summit.

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Lloyds taps into Mastercard's Open Banking Connect system

Lloyds Banking Group is tapping Mastercard's Open Banking software to enable customers to pay off their credit card bills via their mobile app and draw on funds directly from a current account of their choice.

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Brex files for bank charter

Brex, the fast-growing firm behind a corporate credit card for startups, has filed for an Industrial Bank Charter in the US.

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Covid-19: Contactless ATM withdrawals go mainstream

Covid-19 has accelerated the trend towards contactless cash withdrawals in Switzerland, according to SIX, which says that more than a third of machines in the country are now equipped with QR code readers while another 20% have NFC readers.

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Marqeta moves into credit card issuing and processing

On the heels of filing for an IPO, Marqeta has added credit cards to its open API issuing and processing platform.

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UBS: Fingerprint cards will generate $5bn in bank revenues by 2026

Analysts at UBS believe that biometric payment cards could capture a 15% share of the card market within the next five years.

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Marqeta files with SEC for IPO - Reuters

Open API card issuing and processing platform Marqeta has filed confidentially with US regulators for a proposed initial public offering, according to Reuters.

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Swedish fintech Billhop secures €4M Series A investment

Billhop, the Swedish company which makes every invoice and bill payable by card, has closed a €4M Series A investment round from financial technology VC Element Ventures.

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India's BharatPe raises $108m

Indian fintech BharatPe has hit a $900 million valuation off the back of a $108 million Series D funding round led by Coatue Management.

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Mastercard to enable crypto flow across its network

Mastercard is preparing its network to handle the direct processing of cryptocurrency payments later this year.

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Barclays joins $7m seed round for credit-building card TomoCredit

TomoCredit, the US startup behind a credit card designed to help first-time borrowers build credit history, has raised $7 million in a seed funding round joined by Barclays.