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/crypto

Barclays stops UK card payments to Binance

Barclays has suspended debit and credit card payments from UK customers to Binance, citing recent Financial Conduct Authority action against the crypto exchange.

/payments

Wordline splashes €180m for majority stake in BNL merchant acquiring arm

Worldline has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of 80% of Axepta Italy, the merchant acquiring arm of BNL banking group.

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Citi Australia enters buy now, pay later market

Citi Australia is taking on local buy now, pay later vendors Afterpay and Zip, joining forces with online retailer Kogan.com to allow credit cardholders to enter into an instalment loan at checkout.

/sustainable

Pliant launches corporate card for carbon neutral travel

Berlin-based fintech pliant has unveiled a corporate credit card that promises to ensure fully carbon neutral travel.

/startups

Mastercard invests in card tech startup Deserve

Deserve, a provider of bespoke white label mobile-centric API and SDK-based credit card technology, has raised $50 million in a Series D funding round joint-led by Mastercard.

/inclusion

Unizest launches account for overseas workers in the UK

The Unizest brand has been relaunched, working with job recruiters to offer overseas workers in the UK an electronic current account.

/startups

Aussie business banking startup Zeller raises A$50m

Zeller, the Australian business banking startup that launched last month, has raised another A$50 million in funding led by Spark Capital.

/payments

Fiserv and Deutsche Bank form merchant acquiring joint venture in Germany

Fiserv and Deutsche Bank have formed a joint venture for payment acceptance in Germany.

/startups

BaaS startup Unit raises $51m

Fresh from a $51 million Series B funding round led by Accel, Banking-as-a-Service player Unit has launched a product it says will allow companies to create live bank accounts and issue cards in minutes.

/payments

Visa brings Tap to Phone tech to US

Visa has launched its first Tap to Phone pilot in the United States, providing minority-owned small businesses in Washington with the ability to accept payments with a simple card tap on an Android handset.

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Pandemic drives annual surge in A2A payments and contactless transactions in UK

During 2020 the number of contactless payments made in the UK increased by 12% to 9.6 billion payments, with the pandemic driving a mass-market switch away from physical cash.

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Verizon launches Family Money app and card

US comms network Verizon is to issue a payments card and app for children aged eight to 17.

/inclusion

B9 raises $1.7m for fintech app targeting immigrants

B9, a US startup building a financial app for immigrants that provides interest-free payroll advances, has raised $1.7 million in an ongoing pre-seed funding round.

/payments

Enfuce partners with Visa to enable card issuing for fintechs in just eight weeks

Finland's Enfuce is partnering with Visa to roll out a fast-track, eight-week programme for European fintechs to launch their own payment cards.

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Prepaid card delay leaves asylum seekers 'near destitution'

Thousands of asylum seekers in the UK have been left without access to money they are entitled to from the government because of issues with a prepaid card provider, say charities.

/predictions

Mir breaks Visa-Mastercard duopoly in Russia

As Europe's proposed alternative to Visa and Mastercard takes shape, evidence from Russia suggests that an upstart rival can break the American giants' duopoly - if government is prepared to put its finger on the scale.

/sustainable

Standard Chartered taps Doconomy for carbon consumption app

Standard Charetered has contracted with Sweden's Doconomy to provide customers with a digital tool that tracks carbon emissions and freshwater consumption on goods bought using the bank's credit and debit cards.

/startups

Brex invests in Indian corporate card startup Kodo

US corporate card unicorn Brex has joined an $8.75 million seed funding round for for Indian peer Kodo.

/regulation

ASA rules against misleading communications by Lanistar and Laybuy

Controversial fintech startup Lanistar is back in the wars again after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that claims made by the firm about the saffety of its card payments product could not be substantiated.

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Paysend aims for global growth on $125 million funding round

UK card-to-card payments platform Paysend has secured $125 million in Series B funding to grow its global footprint.