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Debit cards overtake cash at the POS in Switzerland

Debit cards have overtaken cash as the favoured payment method among consumers in Switzerland.

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Stablecoin-based card issuer Rain raises $24.5 million

Rain, a card issuing platform for stablecoins, has raises $24.5 million in new funding led by Norwest Venture Partners.

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Burbank raises £5m for online tap and PIN payments

Welsh startup Burbank has raised £5 million to bring offline tap and pin payments to the e-commerce realm.

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Mena Banking-as-a-Service player NymCard raises $33 million

Abu Dhabi-based banking-as-a-Service vendor NymCard has secured $33 million in a Series B funding round.

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Burbank goes live with online tap and PIN payments

A Welsh fintech startup has developed a novel way to combat card-not-present fraud - by migrating offline tap and pin payments to the e-commerce realm.

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Curve prepares for the wallet wars with £37m investment

London-based digital wallet Curve has raised £37 million in a funding round led by Hanaco Ventures.

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FCA seeks feedback on scrapping £100 contactless limit

The UK Financial Conduct Authority is inviting feedback on its previously-floated proposal to remove the £100 contactless limit on card payments.

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Santander and Amazon introduce Visa card in Austria

Amazon and Santander have launched a Visa credit card in Austria which rewards customers with cashbacks for shopping on Amazon and other sites.

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Mexican digital bank Plata raises $160m

Less than two years after launching, Mexican digital bank Plata has joined the unicorn club off the back of a $160 million Series A funding round.

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Visa says new anti-scam unit thwarted $350 million in attempted fraud

Visa says that its newly-formed scam disruption practice prevented more than $350 million in attempted fraud in 2024.

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HSBC joins $51m funding round for immigrant neobank Zolve

Zolve, a neobank for immigrants to the US is planning international growth after securing $51 million in a Series B funding round led by Creaegis and joined by HSBC.

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Sweden's Riksbank works on offline payments in contingency planning for war outbreak

Sweden's central bank is working to improve the possibility of making offline payments by card to strengthen resilience at a time of geopolitical unease and the advance of Russian troops in Ukraine.

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Barclays closes in on sale of merchant acquiring business

Barclays Bank is closing in on a deal to offload its merchant acquiring business to Canada's Brookfield Asset Management.

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AmEx to buy expense management software provider Center

American Express has entered into an agreement to acquire expense management software provider Center. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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Revolut and Visa file legal challenges over PSR's plan to cap fees

Revolut and Visa have filed legal challenges against the Payment Systems Regulator over the UK watchdog's decision to cap interchange fees on cross-border online payments, according to the Financial Times.

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PSR to take action against card schemes after 25% hike in fees

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator is take action against Mastercard and Visa in the wake of steep hikes on card fees by the duopoly.

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Google Wallet opened up for least-cost routing in Australia

Australian Payments Plus (AP+) has worked with Google to roll out eftpos functionality and least-cost routing (LCR) on transactions made via Google Wallet, giving merchants the options to move away from costly card scheme networks.

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Flex raises $25m to build all-in-one business and personal financial management platform

Flex, a fintech that helps business owners automate their back offices, has raised $25 million in an equity round led by Titanium Ventures.

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Ramp valuation hits $13 billion

Finance automation and corporate credit card platform Ramp has hit a $13 billion valuation after investors purchased $150 million in secondaries from employees and early backers.

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Visa records spike in Tap to Phone uptake

Tap to Phone, Visa's technology that turns smart phones into payment terminals, has experienced a 200% increase in usage globally over the past year and a 300% surge among small business owners in the UK.