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News/covid-19
The UK has joined other countries around the world in lifting the ceiling for contactless card payments, enabling customers to make more payments without touching card terminals or handling cash.
24 March 2020
News/payments
Fiserv has boosted its omni-commerce capabilities through the acquisition of enterprise point-of-sale systems specialist Bypass Mobile. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
20 March 2020
Irish bank AIB says that in light of the Covid-19 outbreak it is suspending its recently announced plan to introduce transaction charges for contactless payments.
13 March 2020
Nordic payments giant Nets has agreed to buy Polskie ePłatności (PeP) in a deal valuing the Polish merchant acquirer at EUR405 million.
12 March 2020
SpotOn Transact, a payments and software company targeting SMEs, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round joined by former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's 01 Advisors.
11 March 2020
News/Eftpos
Glasgow has become the latest city to install contactless donation points where people can give electronically to help homeless people and street beggars.
05 March 2020
Fiserv has acquired MerchantPro Express as part of the fintech giant's strategy to build up its merchant services business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
03 March 2020
Spanish banking giant Santander has struck a deal to buy merchant payments platform Elavon México for EUR79 million.
24 February 2020
Visa has made a strategic investment in ChargeAfter as part of a broader deal with the point-of-sale financing technology platform.
12 February 2020
News/crypto
BitPay is trying to finally bring bitcoin to the streets, inking a deal with point-of-sales terminal maker Poynt to enable cryptocurrency payments at more than 100,000 retailers around the world.
Nationwide Building Society is trialling a "smart window poster" that people can tap with their contactless cards to make donations to a homeless charity.
31 January 2020
Payments Canada is bringing in a rule designed to enable broader point-of-sale debit card acceptance, paving the way for people to use their plastic for, among other things, public transit fares.
30 January 2020
News/startups
Barclays Bank has made a strategic investment in UK digital receipts startup Flux.
29 January 2020
The UK's point-of-sale credit market is surging, according to analysis from consultant Kearney, with two thirds of millennials now using 'buy now, pay later' services - despite some concerns about the impact on credit scores.
New York City Council has voted to ban cashless stores and restaurants, arguing that they discriminate against the unbanked.
27 January 2020
All new cards sent out by issuers in India will not be contactless enabled or capable of online or international payments until the customer turns on these features, under new central bank rules.
23 January 2020
Flutterwave, a payments startup operating in Africa, is looking to expand across the continent after closing a $35 million funding round and securing partnerships with Visa and WorldPay.
21 January 2020
Visa and Samsung are banishing the dongle, teaming up on a handset that enables merchants to accept contactless payments without the need for any additional hardware.
13 January 2020
News/regulation
UK consumer electronics retail group Dixons Carphone has been fined £500,000 after hackers compromised its point-of-sale system and gained access to the details of 5.6 million payment cards.
09 January 2020
Tencent and state-owned China UnionPay are integrating their QR code systems for mobile payments, according to local media reports.
08 January 2020
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