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Oz business banking startup Zeller hits A$1bn valuation

Australian business banking startup Zeller has hit a A$1 billion valuation thanks to a A$100 million Series B funding round led by Headline.

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Barclaycard adds Apple Pay support to virtual expense card

Barclaycard Payments has added Apple Pay support to its Precisionpay Go virtual Visa cards, enabling employees to pay for face-to-face as well as online business expenses.

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Hubuc raises $10m for 'AWS of embedded finance'

Barcelona-based Hubuc has become the latest embedded finance player to raise funding, closing a $10 million seed round co-led by WndrCo and Runa Capital.

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Hi partners Contis to launch crypto debit card

Crypto exchange and mobile banking platform hi has teamed up with BaaS player Contis on a debit card that lets shoppers pay with their digital assets at over 60 million merchants.

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Nomo adds current account to SME fintech app

Nomo, the Banco Sabadell-backed fintech platform for the self-employed and SMEs, is adding a current account and virtual card to its offering.

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Nexi in talks to acquire BPER merchant payment business

Italian bank BPER has entered exclusive negotiations with local payments processor Nexi for the sale of its merchant payments business.

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Warren Buffett dumps Visa and Mastercard stock, buys Nubank

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has sold a combined $3.1 billion worth of shares in Visa and Mastercard and bought a $1 billion stake in Brazilian digital lender Nubank.

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Amazon reaches global deal with Visa over card fees

Amazon has dropped its threat to stop accepting Visa cards across its global operations after reaching an agreement with the card scheme.

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Siam Commercial Bank invests $100 million in Indonesian BNPL player Akulaku

Siam Commercial Bank has invested $100 million in Indonesian buy now, pay later platform Akulaku.

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Closed loop and A2A payments set to take a bite out of card schemes

Closed-loop payment systems are top of the alternative payment product wish list for payment professionals, with account-to-account payments at the point-of-sale running a close second, according to research by regulatory intelligence agency Vixio.

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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.