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News/payments
Lloyds Banking Group is tapping Mastercard's Open Banking software to enable customers to pay off their credit card bills via their mobile app and draw on funds directly from a current account of their choice.
23 February 2021
News/regulation
Brex, the fast-growing firm behind a corporate credit card for startups, has filed for an Industrial Bank Charter in the US.
22 February 2021
News/retail
Covid-19 has accelerated the trend towards contactless cash withdrawals in Switzerland, according to SIX, which says that more than a third of machines in the country are now equipped with QR code readers while another 20% have NFC readers.
19 February 2021
On the heels of filing for an IPO, Marqeta has added credit cards to its open API issuing and processing platform.
18 February 2021
Analysts at UBS believe that biometric payment cards could capture a 15% share of the card market within the next five years.
Open API card issuing and processing platform Marqeta has filed confidentially with US regulators for a proposed initial public offering, according to Reuters.
17 February 2021
Billhop, the Swedish company which makes every invoice and bill payable by card, has closed a €4M Series A investment round from financial technology VC Element Ventures.
16 February 2021
News/inclusion
Indian fintech BharatPe has hit a $900 million valuation off the back of a $108 million Series D funding round led by Coatue Management.
12 February 2021
News/crypto
Mastercard is preparing its network to handle the direct processing of cryptocurrency payments later this year.
11 February 2021
TomoCredit, the US startup behind a credit card designed to help first-time borrowers build credit history, has raised $7 million in a seed funding round joined by Barclays.
10 February 2021
News/startups
Pollinate, a merchant acquriring startup founded by former Monitise chief Alastair Lukies, is in talks to raise $50 million in new funding.
A £14 billion Mastercard consumer damages case is to return to the UK's Competition and Appeals Tribunal for certification next month.
NatWest is to convert all of its debit cards to Mastercard, giving the card scheme a massive leg-up in its efforts to break the UK dominance of rival Visa.
04 February 2021
US digital currency outfit Uphold is set to launch crypto-enabled cards across Europe thanks to the acquisition of issuer Optimus Cards UK. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Abu Dhabi-based banking-as-a-service vendor NymCard has raised $7.6 million in Series A financing.
02 February 2021
Visa CEO Alfred Kelly says the card scheme is preparing its payments network to handle a full range of cryptocurrency assets.
01 February 2021
Mastercard-backed Asian commerce platform Pine Labs has rolled out a tap-to-pay app for small merchants in India, enabling them to start accepting contactless card payments without the need for any additional hardware.
27 January 2021
News/cloud
TransferWise is expanding its debit card programme into dozens of new markets after inking a worldwide deal with Visa that will see the money transfer firm connect to the card giant's global processing network via the cloud.
News/security
French bank BNP Paribas is offering its Visa Premier cardholders the chance to upgrade to a contactless fingerprint option - for a €24 annual fee.
UK supermarkets Morrisons and The Co-op have suffered payments glitches that have left some customers unable to pay by card and others charged twice.
26 January 2021
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