685 Results from /payments, 2018
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Plastiq, a US startup that lets users pay any bill by credit card, has raised $27 million in a Series C funding round led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from DST Global.
19 November 2018
Vision Direct says that the personal details and payment card numbers, expiry dates and CVV codes of thousands of customers have been stolen by criminal hackers.
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.
UK-based pocket money app gohenry has raised £6.2 million in a crowd-funding exercise on Crowdcube, furthering its plans to grow its business in the US.
Barclaycard has joined forces with UK chain Costa Coffee to launch a reusable coffee cup with integrated contactless payments technology that enables users to pay for their caffeine with a wave of their mug.
Danske Bank has teamed up with fellow Danish FS player Nykredit to back a new Copenhagen fintech accelerator designed to attract global talent to the Nordic scene.
16 November 2018
Alipay has won a competitive bid to be the sole QR code payment provider for passengers on the Hong Kong subway.
UK challenger bank Tandem is inviting its 325,000 customers to join a Beta programme to help shape its forthcoming personal financial management app.
A senior executive at the European Central Bank has warned that the next financial crisis may be triggered by a cyber attack.
Switzerland has set out alterations to its upcoming QR-bill, which will replace seven different payment slips when it rolls out in June 2020.
A group of Swiss banks are under investigation by the country's anti-trust authorities over whether they boycotted mobile payment services from Apple and Samsung in order to improve the prospects of their own competitive offering Twint.
15 November 2018
The Singapore Fintech Festival yesterday played host to a quartet of distinct cross-border and digital currency payment initiatives, drawing in United Overseas bank, Grab, Ripple and the country's central bank.
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