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Tillful launches card to help SMEs build credit

Tillful, a business credit platform for SMEs, has teamed up with Highnote and Mastercard to launch a credit card.

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Australia's big four banks double down on investment in smart receipt fintech Slyp

Australia's Slyp has experienced a significant show of confidence from the country's big four banks, who have joined a further $25 million funding round in the digital receipt startup.

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Oratio Project tackles UK homelessness with NFC card programme

Fintech investment company Pell Capital has launched a project that will offer homeless people in the UK access to contactless cards to raise donations and spend vouchers at accredited vendors.

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Capital One partners Trovata to automate cash management for corporate clients

Trovata, a US startup specialising in automating cash workflows through multi-bank API data aggregation, has scored a distribution agreement with Capital One.

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Lloyds signs first retailer for A2A payments API

Car dealership JCT600 has become the first retailer to use Lloyds’ new PayFrom Bank account-to-account payment product, displacing plastic cards at the online checkout.

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PSR bids to shake up card acquiring market

The UK's payments watchdog has set out new rules designed to inject more competition into the market for card acquiring services.

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Apple to turn iPhone into a payment terminal

Apple is working on an update that will transform its iPhone into a payment terminal, enabling users to accept payments with the tap of a card.

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Contactless transactions surge in the UK

New data from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, reveals that 91.1% of all eligible card transactions in 2021 were made contactlessly, with the total value of contactless payments made increasing by 40.2 per cent, year-on-year.

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Klarna launches physical BNPL card in the UK

Klarna is releasing a physical card in the UK, giving shoppers the opportunity to buy now, pay later in bricks and mortar stores.

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Visa partners with Pagaya to to help issuers expand access to credit

Visa has formed a strategic relationship with AI fintech Pagaya to enable its merchant and issuing bank partners to expand access to credit.

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Spend management startup Moss achieves €500 million valuation on €75m Series B

Berlin-based spend management platform Moss has has closed a Series B funding round of €75 million as it prepares to enter the UK market.

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UniCredit partners Nexi to offer merchants SoftPOS-based payment acceptance

UniCredit Bank is to start offering its merchant customers technology from Nexi that lets them use their mobile phones as payments terminals.

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Mastercard launches virtual card for instant B2B payments

Mastercard has unveiled a virtual card offering that uses machine learning and straight-through processing for instant payment of supplier invoices.

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Mastercard and Coinbase partner to let people buy NFTs with cards

Mastercard is joining forces with Coinbase to enable people to buy NFTs with their debit and credit cards.

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PSR slaps prepaid card firms with £33 million fine for cartel behaviour

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator has imposed fines totalling £33 million on five firms, including Mastercard, for violation of anti-trust laws in the issue of prepaid cards to vulnerable people on welfare benefits.

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Amazon suspends ban on Visa payments

Amazon has deferred its plan to stop customers using Visa credit cards at the last minute, says the Independent.

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Curve promises Amazon Visa ban hack

As Amazon UK stops accepting Visa credit cards from later this week, fintech Curve says it has a "hack" that will enable shoppers to still make payments with the banned cards.

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Visa and ConsenSys build CBDC on-ramp to existing payment networks

Visa is working with blockchain firm ConsenSys on a project to help bridge CBDC networks with existing payment rails.

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Credit card for the underbanked Petal raises $140 million Series D

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 a $140 million Series D round of funding.

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Pine Labs scores $20 million investment from State Bank of India

Riding the BNPL wave, Mastercard-backed Indian merchant commerce platform Pine Labs has picked up a fresh $20 million investment from the country's largest commercial bank, the State Bank of India (SBI).