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News/Cards
American Express has taken another step towards entering the massive Chinese payments market after the country's central bank accepted the US firm's application to start a bank card clearing business.
09 January 2020
With sources of profit proving elusive in the competitive challenger bank market, Tandem has acted to raise returns by announcing that users of its cashback credit card will be charged a monthly fee of £5.99 from 9th March.
Mastercard is to introduce an augmented reality app that will transport cardholders into an immersive 360-degree virtual environment from where they can explore the range of benefits that come with their card.
News/payments
The line between art and commerce blurs ever further, with Mastercard teaming up with Swedish singer Nadine Randle on a song that integrates the payment giant's 'sonic brand'.
08 January 2020
Deutsche Bank in Spain is to issue a credit card with a dynamic CVC code that changes every four hours, in a bid to create a safer shopping experience for online purchases.
02 January 2020
News/retail
As 2019 draws to a close, financial services commentators and vendors have made their customary end-of-year predictions for the 12 months ahead, with increased competition through supercharged PSD2 the principal driving force.
23 December 2019
With 2019 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items, videos and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.
Card consolidation app Curve has launched a new feature for users to send money in over 25 different currencies to friends and contacts.
20 December 2019
Fast growth payment processor Checkout.com is to triple its London office space as it gears up for a big recruitment drive in 2020.
Intesa Sanpaolo is to sell its merchant acquiring business at 380,000 points of sale across Italy to local payments processor Nexi for €1000.
19 December 2019
Dutch banks are to shut down outside ATMs overnight to combat attacks by criminal gangs using heavier explosive charges to raid cashpoints.
Sync., a multicurrency bank account aggregation and personal financial management service founded by Revolut's former head of product design and strategy, is preparing to launch in Europe.
17 December 2019
News/regulation
PayPal has filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) arguing that digital wallets should be exempt from the regulator's recently introduced rule on prepaid cards.
13 December 2019
Visa is joining forces with MFS Africa to simplify remittances and expand global e-commerce across Africa.
12 December 2019
News/sustainable
Announcing at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Mastercard has extended its collaboration with Swedish fintech Doconomy to offer cardholders carbon footprint tracking based on purchases made through the Bank of Åland’s cloud-based Åland Index.
10 December 2019
FlexPay, a Montreal-based startup using AI to help merchants recover lost revenues from declined transactions, has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Impression Ventures and joined by BMO Capital Partners.
09 December 2019
Spain's CaixaBank has named a 15 member-strong board for its newly created payments and consumer finance subsidiary.
04 December 2019
ABN Amro has shut down and emptied 479 cash dispensers as an emergency response to a sharp rise in ATM explosive attacks.
03 December 2019
Mastercard is reporting an eightfold increase in the use of wearable payments, such as smart watches, rings and jewellery, by consumers across Europe.
Over a fifth (21%) of UK adults have had their payment card cancelled or replaced as a result of attempted fraud during the past 12 months, according to research by comparethemarket.com.
29 November 2019
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