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News/payments
Russia's Sberbank has teamed up with Visa and retailer Azbuka Vkusa to open a cashierless store where customers simply take items from shelves and are automatically charged.
09 June 2020
Chargeback, an American real-time dispute management platform for merchants, has closed a $6.6 million Series A1 funding round led by Fintop Capital and Next Frontier Capital.
More than half of all payments in the UK were made by card last year as cash usage fell sharply, industry figures show.
04 June 2020
While Covid-19 is encouraging an uptick in contactless payments, the virus is set to stymie tap-and-pay for New York commuters by delaying the roll out of a new system, according to the Wall Street Journal.
03 June 2020
News/startups
Mastercard has brought its Fintech Express programme to Europe, providing easy access to a customised set of rules, relevant resources and digital-first services to help startups add payments to their suite of products.
02 June 2020
Consumer group Which? has called on the Government to protect the already fragile cash system from collapse as the UK's shift to a cashless society accelerates.
News/inclusion
Welcome Technologies, an outfit that works to support immigrants to the US, has joined forces with Green Dot on a digital banking product.
29 May 2020
Marqeta has raised $150 million from an unnamed institutional investor, valuing the open API card issuing and processing platform at $4.3 billion.
28 May 2020
News/retail
Polish bank Pekao has launched an app that helps children save and learn about how to manage their money.
Electronics giant Samsung has partnered US digital lender SoFi on a mobile-first money management platform and Mastercard debit card.
27 May 2020
News/security
The Maze ransomware gang have started posting payment card data stolen during a breach at state-owned Banco de Costa Rica.
26 May 2020
MPs from across the House of Commons have called on the Chancellor to act now to protect the UK cash infrastructure from imminent collapse, as people shun ATMs due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
As people turn away from cash during the Covid-19 pandemic, NatWest has seen a significant increase over the last two months in UK businesses moving to accept card payments.
22 May 2020
As the Covid-19 pandemic forces millions to self-isolate, payments firm Contis has developed a programme to enable vulnerable people to safely give carers access to their money.
Brex, the fast-growing firm behind a corporate credit card for startups, has raised $150 million in funding from, among others, Lone Pine Capital and DST.
19 May 2020
UK consumer group Which? is intervening in Mastercard's appeal in the Supreme Court over a £14 billion class action lawsuit against the card issuer relating to interchange fees.
13 May 2020
Singapore's DBS has launched the first cashless purchasing card for the logistics sector, eliminating the need to handle paper payments at container depots.
12 May 2020
Samsung is teaming up with US digital lender SoFi to launch a Samsung Pay debit card backed by a cash management account.
08 May 2020
As shoppers around the world adjust to social distancing measures, more than three quarters are now using contactless payments, according to a Mastercard study covering 19 countries.
30 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is radically changing cash usage in the UK, with ATM withdrawals falling 60% during the lockdown and three quarters of Brits reporting that their use of paper money is down.
29 April 2020
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