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Twitter could finally be preparing to jump into the commerce arena through a deal with Stripe that would let it accept card payments for in-tweet payments, according to press reports.
17 January 2014
The card scheme-owned EMVCo standards body is beginning work on specifications for the use of digital tokens - rather than account numbers - for online and mobile transactions.
Wannabe mergers and acquisitions stars can now hone their skills with a new mobile app game which lets players test their deal-making abilities.
The French Senate gathered virtual currency market participants and regulators yesterday for a hearing on how the country's authorities should approach the likes of bitcoin.
16 January 2014
Spanish financial institution BBVA is working with Wincor Nixdorf on the roll-out of a new generation of touch-screen ATMs and trials of self-service videoconferencing technology for in-branch consultations with bank experts.
15 January 2014
Five major UK financial services firms have committed to rolling out mobile payments technology from Zapp, enabling customers to make in-store and online purchases from within their banking apps.
SmartMetric has unveiled plans for a biometric, NFC-enabled card for storing and making person-to-person transfers in bitcoins.
Finextra is inviting start-up companies in London to participate in the first of a series of breakfast roundtables ahead of the forthcoming Future Money conference, run in association with fintech accelerator space Level39.
14 January 2014
CaixaBank has launched an initiative aimed at getting its customers involved in the bank's corporate social responsibility activities by enabling cardholders to make small-sum charity donations each time they use their cards.
13 January 2014
Canadians could soon be using a government-backed digital currency, dubbed MintChip, to make in-store point-of-sale purchases.
Precious metals trading network GoldMoney has joined London start-up Elliptic in providing off-line secure storage services for Bitcoin users.
A 16% decline in M&A and IPO activity in the payment space in 2013 was more than compensated for by a boom in early-stage investing, according to data from CB Insights, as a mix of VCs and corporate venture firms all continued to jockey for a piece of this massive industry.
10 January 2014
Iwoca, the london-based 'Wonga-for-business' short-term finance start-up has raised £5 million in equity and debt funding from Global Founders Capital and Redline Capital Management.
Singapore's DBS Bank is to apply IBM's Watson cognitive computing platform to its wealth management business in a bid to improve the advice and experience delivered to affluent customers.
09 January 2014
South Africa's Nedbank is using social media analytics tools to win customers from rival banks by monitoring their chatter on popular forums such as Twitter and Facebook.
08 January 2014
Emirates NBD has added a 'shake n save' feature to its mobile banking app, letting customers move money to their savings accounts with a wiggle of their handsets.
Social gaming giant Zynga will start accepting bitcoin as a payment option in a move which has helped drive the virtual currency's price back past the $1000 mark.
06 January 2014
India's largest bitcoin exchange, BuySellBitCo.in, has shut up shop after the country's central bank issued a statement warning about the risks of using virtual currencies.
02 January 2014
The UK government is to begin consultations on new legislation to permit the use of smartphones for remote cheque deposits.
As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2013, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, features and blogs over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2014.
20 December 2013
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