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News/startups
Canadian fintech Neo Financial has hit unicorn status off the back of a C$185 million Series C funding round led by Valar Ventures.
09 May 2022
News/payments
Bank of America is to convert all of its credit and debit cards to 80% recycled plastic starting in 2023.
22 April 2022
Australian business credit card startup Archa has raised $4m in funding and secured a $20m debt facility.
21 April 2022
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.
20 April 2022
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.
News/crypto
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has launched its credit card that lets users earn crypto rewards in all 50 US states.
14 April 2022
Cards-as-a-service startup Deserve is moving beyond the consumer market to offer fintechs, banks and B2B businesses a white label commercial card platform for their corporate customers.
12 April 2022
News/people
Mastercard has opened the doors of its new campus-style European technology hub in Dublin, setting a goal to double its headcount in the Irish capital by 2025.
11 April 2022
Some of the banks behind Zelle want to take the American P2P payments service to the checkout, taking on Visa and Mastercard, according to the Wall Street Journal.
07 April 2022
News/security
IBM is harnessing the power of real-time AI to help banks analyse for fraud during transactions on a "massive scale".
05 April 2022
Worldline has closed a A$485 million deal to acquire a controlling stake in the commercial acquiring business of ANZ, Australia’s third largest acquirer which commands a 20% share of the market.
04 April 2022
Swedish credit scoring platform Qred has raised €10 million to support the launch of a new B2B payments platform for small businesses.
Visa has announced a partnership with Collinson, a travel experience and medical assistance provider, to deliver a range of discounted pre-travel Covid-19 testing to Visa cardholders.
01 April 2022
News/regulation
The UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has put the card schemes on notice that it is investigating their fees and how to help merchants get better deals, including by promoting the alternative of account-to-account payments.
News/predictions
Apple is working to bring a host of financial services work, including payments processing, in-house to reduce its reliance on outside fintech partners, according to Bloomberg.
31 March 2022
Yonder, a London-based credit card startup catering to expats in the UK, has opened a waitlist for prospective customers after emerging from stealth with a £20 million equity raise.
News/retail
Cross River, a US provider of core infrastructure and embedded technology to fintech and crypto companies, has raised $620 million in a round co-led by Eldridge and Andreessen Horowitz.
30 March 2022
Blockchain-enabled B2B payments specialist Paystand has unveiled a corporate expense card with native cryptocurrency rewards.
Jeeves, the all-in-one corporate card and expense management platform for global startups, has raised a $180 million Series C at a valuation of $2.1 billion.
23 March 2022
The European Payments Initiative has given up on its effort to build a rival to Mastercard and Visa in Europe after more than half its members left.
22 March 2022
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