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News/E-commerce
Mastercard has taken the bold step of removing its name from its logo in a move it says is inspired by the rise of digital banking and a future where there will be less reliance on card payments.
10 January 2019
A survey has revealed that smartphone apps have surpassed online banking as the channel of choice for UK consumers.
09 January 2019
Ireland's central bank has granted authorisation for Google to operate as a payments institution, a move that could see the big tech giant significantly expand its financial services offerings across the European Union.
07 January 2019
News/startups
Banco Sabadell's digital business hub InnoCells has made a move into the Mexican market, joining a $6.5 million funding round, led by Ignia and Dalus Capital, for digital payments startup UnDosTres.
06 December 2018
The European Central Bank has unveiled its response to the rise of digital wallets with the launch of Target Instant Payments Settlement (TIPS), a pan-eurozone instant payments system.
30 November 2018
Capital One has acquired WikiBuy, a Texas-based startup that helps users find lower prices, coupons, and rewards as they shop online. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
21 November 2018
News/payments
Visa has moved to strengthen its position in the fast-growing Indian market, making a minority investment in digital payments platform BillDesk. Terms were not disclosed.
19 November 2018
Financial management app Fintonic is collaborating with Amazon to provide Spanish clients with the option to fund interest fee purchases at the e-commerce store.
13 November 2018
News/security
PNC Bank's treasury management unit is trialling technology that guards against card-not-present fraud by automatically changing the three digit CVV code on the back of credit cards.
09 November 2018
Fraugster, a Berlin-based software outfit using AI to help online retailers prevent fraud, has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round led by Commerzbank's VC arm.
07 November 2018
For the seventh year running, Money 20/20 put on an impressive show in Las Vegas and welcomed thousands of innovators from the fintech and banking industries to learn about disruption and forge business connections.
01 November 2018
Singapore-based DBS has begun testing a chatbot that allows customers to order and pay for meals at participating restaurants through Facebook Messenger.
29 October 2018
British Airways is warning that another 185,000 customers may have had their payment card details stolen in a data breach.
25 October 2018
Southeast Asian ride-hailing app Grab is pushing further into payments through the launch of a prepaid Mastercard card.
The payments industry remains one of the brightest spots on the financial services landscape, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Swift, which predicts global revenue to grow by more than $1 trillion by 2027.
18 October 2018
Fashion chain H&M has invested $20 million in Swedish checkout credit outfit Klarna.
08 October 2018
InnoCells, the innovation hub of Banco Sabadell, has acquired Spanish online payments platform PayTPV. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
03 October 2018
Payments outfit Stripe is now worth $20 billion after closing a $245 million funding round led by Tiger Global Management.
26 September 2018
Stripe is going after the high street, launching its own point-of-sale payments terminal package targeted at online retailers making the jump to offline.
17 September 2018
Fintech unicorn Klarna is buying the retail financing arm of merchant bank Close Brothers to strengthen its position in the UK market.
14 September 2018
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