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News/regulation
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-6 this week to advance a major tech competition bill, says CNBC.
21 January 2022
News/payments
EBA Clearing will upgrade its Step2 pan-European mass payment system later this year to process Sepa transactions around the clock, seven days a week, and to provide settlement results to participating banks in minutes.
18 January 2022
News/crypto
Trademark filings reveal Walmart’s plans to create its own cryptocurrency and a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), suggesting the retailer’s appetite to make and sell virtual goods in the metaverse.
17 January 2022
As Amazon UK stops accepting Visa credit cards from later this week, fintech Curve says it has a "hack" that will enable shoppers to still make payments with the banned cards.
Online payments firm Checkout.com has almost tripled its valuation to $40 billion on the back of a whopping $1 billion Series D funding round.
12 January 2022
Tipalti, a provider of AI-powered commercial payments and accounting services, has completed a series F funding round that has seen its valuation reach $8.3 billion.
09 December 2021
Klarna is launching a browser extension, enabling shoppers to buy now, pay later from their desktops at every online store.
UK-based buy now, pay later provider Butter is bidding to put a nail in the coffin of the credit card with the launch of its own BNPL card.
07 December 2021
Microsoft is to embed a buy now, pay later option into the Edge browser through a partnership with Zip.
02 December 2021
There was a 51% increase in the use of BNPL payment methods in Europe during Black Friday, Cyber Week and Cyber Monday compared to the previous year, according to data from Mollie.
News/startups
Singapore-based neobank YouTrip has raised US$30 million in a Series A funding round that will fuel its move into B2B payments and the wider Southeast Asian market.
01 December 2021
Monzo's buy now, pay later product, Flex, will come with a virtual card that lets users make contactless Apple Pay or Google Pay payments in-store.
26 November 2021
News/retail
Brazilian digital banking giant Nubank has teamed up with a roster of retailers to add an e-commerce section to its app.
23 November 2021
Volume, a fintech startup founded by former WorldRemit, Mastercard and HSBC employees, Simone Martinelli and Chris Tarnawski, has launched an account-to-account one-click payments product for online merchants.
Stripe is bringing its payment infrastructure to the physical world with the launch of its point-of-sale Terminal product in Ireland, France, Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands.
Singapore-based buy now, pay later outfit Pace has raised US$40 million in a Series A funding round joined by a group of pan-Asian investors.
Justt, a startup using machine learning to help online merchants prevent false chargebacks, has come out of stealth with $70 million in funding.
16 November 2021
Mastercard has signed up a gaggle of new partners - including American Airlines, CSI, Fiserv and Tsys - to its recently launched buy now, pay later offering.
11 November 2021
PayPal has struck a deal with Amazon to enable US shoppers to pay for purchases using their Venmo accounts.
09 November 2021
Swedish BNPL giant Klarna has officially launched its app in Ireland, enabling online shoppers to split their purchases into three interest-free equal payments.
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