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Super Bowl goes cash free

For the first time, this season's Super Bowl will be cashless after the NFL and partner Visa decided to accelerate the move to contactless payments because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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BNPL outfit Affirm files for IPO

Affirm, Max Levchin's buy now, pay later credit card alternative, has filed an initial public offering (IPO) prospectus to list on the Nasdaq.

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Icici Bank debuts cardless buy now, pay later facility

India's Icici Bank is rolling out a mobile-only, tap-to-activate installment payment plan with a batch of high street retailers selling electronic consumer goods.

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Alliance Data to buy BNPL player Bread

Marketing, loyalty and payments specialist Alliance Data has agreed a $450 million stock and cash acquisition of buy now, pay later firm Bread.

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Nets Group acquires Swiss terminal supplier CCV Schweiz

Nordic payments processor Nets is moving into the Swiss point-of-sale terminal market with the acquisition of CCV Schweiz.

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JPMorgan Chase enters mPOS arena

JPMorgan Chase is taking on Square and PayPal with an app and contactless card reader linked to a business checking account.

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Visa Tap to Phone contactless payments programme goes global

Visa has launched its Tap to Phone technology, which enables Android handsets to be used for accepting NFC payments, in more than 15 markets, with the US to follow in 2021.

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Stripe buys Nigeria's Paystack

Stripe is stepping up its expansion into Africa through the acquisition of Lagos-based payments firm Paystack in a deal reportedly worth more than $200 million.

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Amazon rolls out palm payment technology

Amazon has unveiled technology that lets shoppers at physical stores pay for their purchases by scanning the palm of their hands.

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Samsung Pay taps Solarisbank to connect with any German bank account

Samsung has joined forces with Visa and Solarisbank to enable Germans to link an account with almost any bank to its contactless mobile payments service.

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Affirm raises $500m

Affirm, Max Levchin's buy now, pay later credit card alternative, has raised $500 million in a Series G funding round led by GIC and Durable Capital Partners.

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Banco Sabadell's InnoCells invests in point-of-sale credit startup Nemuru

Nemuru, a fintech platform that allows for the generation of personalised consumer loans of up to €30,000 at the point of sale, has raised €2.6 million in a funding round led by Banco Sabadell's InnoCells and Bankia Fintech Venture

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Hungarian biometrics payment outfit looks to conquer Europe

Hungarian startup PeasyPay is preparing to expand its biometrics-based point-of-sale payments technology to Spain and the UK.

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Mastercard targets touchless economy

As merchants adapt to the Covid-19 world, Mastercard has unveiled AI-powered technology designed to enable touchless shopping.

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BBVA to test softPOS payment application

BBVA is to run trials of software that enables merchants to accept contactless transactions on their Android mobiles without the need for any additional hardware.

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Pasadena retailers deploy pay-by-face tech

With California imposing strict restrictions to stem the spread of Covid-19, a group of restaurants and retailers in the city of Pasadena have rolled out pay-by-face technology.

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RBI plans offline digital payments pilot, sets up innovation hub

The Reserve Bank of India is prepping an offline digital payments pilot to encourage the migration from cash in rural areas that lack internet connectivity.

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Alipay and WeChat Pay could face antitrust investigation - Reuters

China's antitrust agency is pondering an investigation into Alipay and WeChat Pay after the country's central bank raised concerns about the mobile payment behemoths, according to Reuters.

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CVS to introduce PayPal and Venmo QR code payments

US retail giant CVS Pharmacy is set to roll out PayPal and Venmo QR code technology at all of its 8200 stores

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Visa pilots instalment payments

Visa is entering the fast-growing instalment payments arena, working with a host of partners on pilots in the US.