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News/payments
British bank NatWest is launching a merchant acquiring service for SMEs, taking on Worldpay, the business that parent RBS was forced by the government to sell off nearly a decade ago.
02 May 2019
News/Cards
Britain’s free to use ATM network is on course to be "decimated" in the coming months unless urgent action is taken to protect access to cash, new research from Which? reveals.
01 May 2019
There may be no shortage of wearable payment options on the market, but one handy man has decided to opt for something a little more personal, and time consuming: dissolving his credit card and putting the RFID chip in a home-made resin ring.
The UK's competition watchdog has given the green light to PayPal's $2.2 billion takeover of Swedish mobile point-of-sale vendor iZettle.
30 April 2019
Mastercard and Visa have agreed to cut interchange fees for payments made in Europe by cards issued elsewhere by an average of 40% following an EU anti-trust investigation.
29 April 2019
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's is abolishing the cash register with its first mobile scan and go outlet in London's Holborn Circus.
News/startups
Chinese Internet powerhouse Tencent has made another investment in the Latin American fintech scene, buying a stake in Argentine mobile banking firm Uala.
24 April 2019
News/devops
California-based open API card issuing and processing platform Marqeta is driving ahead with its global expansion efforts, signing up its first four European customers.
Visa has unveiled a platform with a set of beta APIs and development tools that help issuers and issuer processors build and test digital payment products.
23 April 2019
Telecoms giant T-Mobile is taking on the American banks, teaming up with BankMobile to launch an app-based checking account.
18 April 2019
A £14 billion class action lawsuit against Mastercard over interchange fees is back on after the Court of Appeal granted permission to challenge an earlier decision to dismiss the case.
16 April 2019
Mastercard has moved to give commercial cardholders greater insight into their expenses by providing more transaction data on Amazon Business purchases.
Days after Halifax's attempt at a rebrand to compete with digital upstarts such as Monzo and Starling, social media users noticed that the bank's new identity may have taken the competition a little too literally.
12 April 2019
Virtual corporate credit card issuance startup Extend has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Point72 Ventures and FinTech Collective.
11 April 2019
News/security
The number of physical attacks on ATMs in Europe has risen for the fourth consecutive year, although this was partially offset by a fall in the number of malware and logical attacks, according to industry association East.
10 April 2019
Mastercard is set to invest EUR50 million in Jumia Technologies through a private placement ahead of the Africa-focused ecommerce firm's upcoming initial public offering, according to Bloomberg.
02 April 2019
US mobile money transfer outfit Remitly has teamed up with Visa to let Americans send funds to debit cards across borders.
28 March 2019
T-Mobile is putting Square and First Data's Clover on notice With GoPoint, a new mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) device offering businesses free same-day funding and no software licensing fees.
Mastercard has confirmed plans to make a cornerstone $300 million investment in Middle Eastern payments processor Network International, which last week announced its intention to list on the London Stock Exchenge.
27 March 2019
Citi is making a play for the fast-growing consumer digital payments sector, building a service that lets merchants collect from a host of methods including cards and e-wallets.
26 March 2019
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