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News/crypto
The European Central Bank has picked five partners - including CaixaBank and Amazon - to help it develop a digital euro prototype.
16 September 2022
News/payments
Nearly nine in 10 in-person debit card purchases are now contactless, according to data from Lloyds Bank.
05 September 2022
London-based mPOS unicorn SumUp is expanding into the B2C payments space through the launch of a digital wallet with integrated loyalty scheme.
01 September 2022
Hello Clever, an Australian 'buy-to-earn' startup that gives shoppers real-time cashback, has raised A$4.5 million in seed funding.
24 August 2022
Shares in Adyen fell by more than 10% in morning trading as strong first half revenue growth was offset by squeezed profit margins. Separately, the Dutch payments processor has unveiled its own range of in-house designed terminals.
18 August 2022
Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has unveiled BNZ Pay, a mobile app for retailers that transforms an Android device into a contactless payment terminal.
Azerbaijan-based SmilePay has struck deals with two major food retailers in the country to let shoppers buy their groceries using their faces.
16 August 2022
British-Polish startup Walletmor has sold its thousandth biopolymer payment device that can be implanted just under the surface of the skin.
Klarna is extending its app to allow UK consumers to view their full online order history, regardless of whether they are purchased using Klarna, as part of its bid to become a general-purpose shopping companion.
15 August 2022
The new Google Wallet has begun appearing on phones in dozens of countries as the tech giant tries to reboot its mobile payments system.
20 July 2022
The central banks of five major Southeast Asian countries are working to link up their QR code-based payments systems, according to Bloomberg.
Apple is facing an antitrust class-action lawsuit in the US accusing it of illegally profiting from card issuers through policies that prevent competition to its Apple Pay wallet.
19 July 2022
News/startups
French startup Qori has launched, enabling Europeans to pay in store, remotely or online with their bank or crypto wallet without having to download a proprietary app.
12 July 2022
Canadian debit network Interac is adding a backup network provider in the wake of last week's massive outage at Rogers, which left millions of customers unable to make payments.
11 July 2022
Synch Payments, the mobile payments joint venture set up by Ireland's leading banks, has brought in Italy's Nexi as its technology partner.
30 June 2022
Vibrant, a Danish app that turns Android mobile devices into points of sale, has raised €4 million in a seed round led by byFounders with participation from Luminar Ventures.
Australian bank Westpac is offering small businesses technology that lets them accept contactless payments via Android mobile phones.
29 June 2022
News/people
Digital banking technology provider Amount is the latest fintech to trim its workforce, reducing its headcount by 18%, according to TechCrunch.
27 June 2022
London-based mPOS vendor SumUp has raised €590 million in a funding round that values the firm at €8 billion - down from the €20 billion valuation it was seeking early this year.
23 June 2022
PayPal's Zettle unit has introduced functionality that lets small businesses in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands accept contactless payments in-person, directly on their Android devices with no additional hardware or fees.
13 May 2022
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