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FIS buys embedded finance firm Bond

FIS has acquired Banking-as-a-Service outfit Bond in what the fintech giant calls a "small but important purchase" for its platform strategy.

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Enfuce partners with Iceland's Kvika Bank

Building on the burgeoning Card-as-a-Service (CaaS) trend, Enfuce has been chosen by Kvika Bank to modernise its payment services, launch a Visa credit card, integrate with Apple Pay and Google Pay, and relaunch the bank’s Aur app.

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Westpac to issue accessible cards for visually impaired

Westpac is rolling out a suite of new card designs to help make payments more accessible for blind or low vision customers.

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Apple Cash gets recurring payments

Apple is adding support for recurring payments from its Apple Cash digital card.

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The Netherlands gets nationwide contactless public transport payments system

The Netherlands has become the first country to launch a fully contactless public transport payments system nationwide.

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Stripe Issuing gets charge card programme

Stripe is adding a charge card programme to its commercial issuing product, enabling firms to distribute virtual or physical plastic that allow their customers to spend on credit rather than the funds in their accounts.

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Plastiq files for bankruptcy; agrees acquisition deal with Priority

Plastiq, a US B2B payments firm for SMEs, has filed for bankruptcy and entered into a stalking horse agreement to have its assets acquired by unified commerce platform Priority Technology.

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Dark web study reveals Brits are Europe's biggest card fraud victims

Research into a dark web database of six million global card details showed only America and India had more payment data stolen than the UK.

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CaixaBank launches app to turn phones into POS devices

Spain's CaixaBank has built an app that lets merchants take payments, view account history, generate receipts and handle refunds from their phone, all without the need for additional hardware.

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Kuwait International Bank rolls out biometric cards

Kuwait International Bank has become the first lender to commercially roll out a biometric payments card using technology from Norwegian outfit Zwipe.

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Visa to recruit 1500 staff for new Polish tech hub

Visa is to open a new global Technology and Product Hub in Poland that will house 1500 new tech and product hires over tthe next few years.

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NatWest soft launches SoftPOS

NatWest is to launch Tap to Pay on Android, enabling businesses to accept payments with the touch of a card on their smart phone.

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GoHenry’s co-founder & COO on keeping course under acquisition and expansion

Louise Hill, co-founder & COO of the children’s financial education app, GoHenry, recently sat down with Finextra to discuss developing financial resilience at a young age and their recent acquisition.

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Citi builds embedded payments suite with POS instalment loans and lines of credit

Citi Retail Services is boosting its embedded payments capabilities by enabling merchants to offer lines of credit and instalment loans at the point of sale.

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Petal raises $35m; spins off B2B unit

Petal, a US credit card startup that is ditching traditional credit scores in an effort to sign up young people and the underbanked, has raised $35 million in funding and spun off is B2B-focused subsidiary Prism Data.

/regulation

DoJ investigates Mastercard debit card programme

Mastercard says the Department of Justice is investigating potential anticompetitive behaviour related to its debit card operations.

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Amazon Pay rolls out Citi Flex Pay to give credit card users instalment option

Citi credit card holders can now pay in instalments when using Amazon Pay during checkout at thousands of online shopping sites.

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InComm Payments creates 200 jobs with new Brazilian tech hub

America's InComm Payments is set to create around 200 technology jobs in Brazil through the opening of an IT hub in the city of Fortaleza.

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Credit Agricole and Worldline to create merchant payments joint venture

Credit Agricole and Worldline have entered discussions on the establishment of a joint venture company to create a major payments player servicing merchants in France.

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Apple launches savings account

Apple has launched its long-trailed Apple Card savings account from Goldman Sachs with a 4.15% annual percentage yield.