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/regulation

India lifts ban on Mastercard issuing new cards

The Reserve Bank of India has lifted a ban on Mastercard onboarding new card customers in the country.

/security

Fidor Bank to test fingerprint cards

Fidor Bank in Germany is to pilot biometric payments cards from Zwipe in the second half of 2022.

/payments

Curve looks to VRP to bring down costs and improve services for customers

All-in-one card and financial app Curve has tapped TrueLayer to deliver automated variable recurring payments for customers.

/cloud

Thought Machine launches cards and payments processing platform

UK core banking vendor Thought Machine has launched a cloud-native cards and payments processing platform.

/payments

Australian competition watchdog sues Mastercard

Australia's competition watchdog has commenced legal proceedings against Mastercard for allegedly trying to stifle competition in the supply of debit card acceptance services.

/people

Santander's PagoNxt hires Mastercard exec Kush Saxena as CEO of Merchant Solutions

Banco Santander's payments offshoot PagoNxt has appointed Mastercard exec Kush Saxena as CEO of its core Merchant Solutions business, Getnet.

/sustainable

Green fintech money app Tred busts crowdfund target in ten minutes

Tred, a UK startup building a carbon tracking debit card and app, has bust through its initial £600,000 crowdfunding target within ten minutes of going live on Crowdcube.

/payments

Revolut rolls out expense management product

Revolut is entering the bustling spend management arena with a new in-app product that enables businesses to issue company cards in a tap and set up time and category-based spend limits.

/payments

CaixaBank issues Braille card for visually impaired

CaixaBank has launched a Visa card with Braille reading and writing code embedded for visually impaired customers.

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NatWest bank brands fined for overcharging interchange fees

Four banks in the NatWest stable - National Westminster Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Coutts & Company - have been hit with a £1.82 million fine for overcharging interchange fees on credit cards.

/payments

Zettle by PayPal ditches the dongle

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.

/payments

Egypt's Paymob closes $50 million funding round

Egyptian digital payments provider Paymob is to further its expansion into new markets across the Middle East and Africa region after receiving a $50 million cash injection in a funding round led by Kora Capital, PayPal Ventures, and Clay Point.

/security

Google brings virtual cards to Chrome and Android

Google is working with Visa, Mastercard and American Express to bring virtual cards to Chrome and Android.

/payments

NatWest customers charged twice for Visa debit transactions

Thousands of NatWest customers have been affected by a glitch that has seen them charged twice for Visa debit card transactions.

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Jaja wins digital credit card deal with Asda

Jaja Finance has signed a deal with Asda to provide digital, reward-led credit cards to the UK supermarket chain's 18 million customers right across the UK,

/startups

Canada's Neo Financial becomes a unicorn

Canadian fintech Neo Financial has hit unicorn status off the back of a C$185 million Series C funding round led by Valar Ventures.

/payments

Bank of America to switch all cards to recycled plastic; Citi starts corporate card conversion

Bank of America is to convert all of its credit and debit cards to 80% recycled plastic starting in 2023.

/startups

Australian business credit card startup Archa raises $24 million in debt and equity

Australian business credit card startup Archa has raised $4m in funding and secured a $20m debt facility.

/startups

Brex buys financial management platform Pry

Corporate credit card fintech Brex has taken another step towards expanding its offering for founders, paying $90 million for Pry Financials, a software platform with tools designed to enable budgeting, bookkeeping and forecasting.

/payments

Nationwide streamlines Visa card dispute process following upsurge in claims

Nationwide Building Society has deployed technology from Pegasystems to streamline its card dispute process following an unprecedented 251% surge in challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic.