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Brits more likely to get divorced than dump their bank – Tandem

With the 8th of January marking Divorce Day – the UK’s most popular day to start divorce proceedings - Tandem Bank product director Matt Ford revealed that despite the act of changing banking provider becoming simpler, consumers are still misinformed and discouraged.

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Contactless card fraud on the up

Fraud on contactless cards now accounts for more than half of debit and credit card crime, as criminal push the £30 PIN-free limit to the max.

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Mastercard appoints first chief experience officer

Mastercard has hired Donald Chesnut from SapientRazorfish as it first chief experience officer.

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Fingerprint payment card firm Zwipe aims to raise $13.7 million

Fingerprint payment card firm Zwipe is bidding to raise $13.7 million by applying for a listing on Oslo Bors' multilateral trading facility Merkur Market.

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Lights, camera, action! Finextra TV highlights 2018

It’s been a busy year for the Finextra TV team, posting 251 video interviews with leading industry figures during the course of 2018. Here are the top five by viewing figures.

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2018: The future of banking in the spotlight as digital trends take hold

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2018, we take a look back at our most popular news items and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2019.

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Credit checking startup TotallyMoney agrees £29 million funding round

TotallyMoney, a fintech startup providing consumer credit reports, has agreed £29 million of funding from Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited (Elliott) and existing investors Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).

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Global ATM market on the wane as China migrates to digital payments

Global ATM installations are set to fall for the time as the mega Chinese market switches away from cash to digital payments.

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Christmas jumpers; the contactless gift that keeps on giving

Fundraisers for Save the Children have donned Christmas jumpers with a contactless reader built into the sleeve as part of the charity's annual festive appeal for donations.

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CBA misses out as ANZ and Citi land plum NSW Government contracts

Australia's New South Wales Government has carved up its transactional banking contract with Westpac, in the process handing out plum assignments for ANZ and Citi.

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Barclays debuts spend blocker for vulnerable customers

Barclays Bank has become the first of the UK's incumbents to follow the example set by challengers Starling and Monzo in enabling customers to block payments to certain categories of retailer, such as gambling services and premium rate websites and phone lines.

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Mastercard bids to bypass own rails with Pay by Bank app promotion

Mastercard has recruited PPRO Group to help push the uptake of of its Pay by Bank app to merchants in the UK.

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London installs network of contactless donation points to help the homeless

Londoners appalled by the growing levels of rough sleepers on the capital's streets can now make contactless donations to homelssness charities through a network of terminals across the city.

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T-Mobile targets US banking market

T-Mobile is taking a second shot at the American banking scene, teaming up with BankMobile to launch an app-based checking account.

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Zopa gets banking license

Zopa has received a UK banking license, paving the way for the peer-to-peer lending pioneer to launch a brand-new suite of financial products built on proprietary technology.

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Card details at risk in massive Marriott data breach

The details of millions of payment cards may have been exposed in a hack on hotel giant Marriott affecting 500 million guests.

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Revolut approved for Japan and Singapore push

Financial regulators in Japan and Singapore have given a green light to UK-based fintech Revolut and its bid to expand in Asia Pacific

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IndusIndbank introduces push button credit card

IndusInbank has launched an interactive credit card with push button controls for customers to choose their preferred mode of payment at the checkout.

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Dispute with IT provider sees Mozambique interbank system knocked out

A dispute between Mozambique's interbank payments system operator and its IT provider which has led to accusations of "blackmail" has left millions of people unable to use their cards at the point-of-sale or ATMs.

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Plastiq raises $27m to let people pay for anything by credit card

Plastiq, a US startup that lets users pay any bill by credit card, has raised $27 million in a Series C funding round led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from DST Global.