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News/security
BBVA has gone to extreme lengths to demonstrate the safety of its new line of 'blank' payment cards by publicly displaying the card issued to the bank's head of marketing on a billboard in Madrid's busiest shopping street.
30 October 2020
News/payments
Upgrade, the US challenger bank launched by former Lending Club chief Renaud Laplanche, has launched a cash back rewards programme with a twist, crediting the cash to accounts when users pay down their monthly balance.
29 October 2020
News/sustainable
Danske Bank is to phase out all existing payment cards and replace them with cards made from 86% recycled plastic.
Visa is to acquire payments technology firm YellowPepper in an effort to extend its influence across the region and the Caribbean.
28 October 2020
News/startups
Californian bank Green Dot is investing in and partnering with startup Gig Wage to bring banking and financial tools to gig workers.
Nordic payments processor Nets is moving into the Swiss point-of-sale terminal market with the acquisition of CCV Schweiz.
23 October 2020
HSBC is to install contactless donation boxes in all of its 250 bank branches across Canada to honour veterans in the run up to Remembrance Day.
22 October 2020
Mastercard is to conduct the first pilot in Asia of a biometric card that uses a fingerprint to authorise transactions at in-store payment terminals.
21 October 2020
Retailer lobby group are calling on the UK Government to crack down on the fees charged by Visa and Mastercard as more consumers switch from cash to cards.
20 October 2020
Citi has teamed up with Mastercard to begin offering transgender and non-binary people the ability to use their chosen name on eligible credit cards.
19 October 2020
Forget your flash metal debit cards, eco-friendly search engine Ecosia has invested £1 million for a 20% stake in TreeCard, a wooden payment card that channels profits from merchant surcharges into reforestation programmes.
16 October 2020
News/crypto
Crypto payments firm Wirex has raised over £3.7 million in a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, beating its initial target by 370%.
Bulgarian e-money institution Paynetics has acquired the corporate payout card portfolio of Wirecard UK and Ireland.
09 October 2020
Garanti BBVA has begun issuing a rewards-based credit card that stores credit card numbers, expiration dates and CVV codes on a separate mobile app, rather than on the physical card itself.
Mastercard has invested in open API card issuing and processing platform Marqeta as part of a wider deal that will see the pair partner in a host of new geographies, beginning with Asia Pacific.
08 October 2020
Visa has struck a deal with Stripe to enable buyers on Visa Payables Automation to pay suppliers who are unable to accept digital payments through the use of a virtual Visa card.
News/inclusion
US fintech startup Petal has unveiled a credit card designed for people with non-prime credit scores in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.
P2P payments giant Venmo has launched its first credit card, which comes with a personalised rewards setup and a built in QR code.
05 October 2020
As Sibos 2020 kicks off, we look back to some of the predictions and forecasts made in 2010 and pick through what lessons can be learnt from the post-financial crisis world to inform strategy in the not dissimilar economic environment of today.
Step, a teenager-focused US mobile banking startup backed by Stripe, has enlisted TikTok star Charli D’Amelio to help publicise its launch this week.
02 October 2020
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