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News/wealth
Online investment platform eToro has furthered its preparations for the launch of its first debit card by acquiring UK-based e-money platform Marq Millions.
29 July 2020
News/people
PayPal's former finance director has been hired by UK-based card and mobile app provider Curve to act as its first chief financial officer (CFO).
28 July 2020
News/crypto
Mastercard is expanding its interst in virtual currencies, approving Wirex as the first native cryptocurrency platform to be granted principal membership, allowing it to directly issue payment cards.
20 July 2020
News/startups
HSBC has teamed up with Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) to help startups drive open banking innovation on the island.
16 July 2020
News/payments
Visa is entering the fast-growing instalment payments arena, working with a host of partners on pilots in the US.
14 July 2020
Lanistar, a personal financial management startup founded in 2019, has raised £15 million to support its forthcoming commercial launch in Winter 2020.
13 July 2020
Unicorn open API card issuing and processing platform Marqeta has begun talking to investment banks about a potential initial public offering, according to Reuters.
10 July 2020
London-based open banking platform Railsbank has launched in the US, introducing a first-of-its-kind Credit Card as a Service (CCaaS) offering.
Mastercard is to roll out cards in Europe that enable users to display an alternative to their given name.
09 July 2020
American Express, Visa, Mastercard and Discover are to roll out the online 'Click to Pay' standard globally, having signed up 10,000 merchants in the US since launch in 2019.
08 July 2020
A gambling awareness charity in the UK has criticised UK banks for failing to properly use technology designed to prevent users from accessing gambling sites via their debit and credit cards.
07 July 2020
Mastercard has invested in Verestro to support the Polish payment firm's international expansion efforts. The size of the investment was not disclosed.
Sixteen major Eurozone banks have come together to start the implementation of a new payment system to take on the might of Visa and Mastercard and the threat posed by Chinese and US Big Tech firms.
02 July 2020
News/regulation
The European Commission says regulations to cap the interchange fees charged to merchants by the global card schemes have had the desired effect of reducing costs to merchants and driving cross-border acquiring.
01 July 2020
BNP Paribas is to roll out its first batch of contactless fingerprint cards this autumn.
29 June 2020
A fintech startup targeting creators on digital platforms like YouTube and Twitch has launched its first product, a card that links customers' credit to their social media numbers.
Belgium's KBC is rolling out wearable payments tech to all clients following successful tests with 1000 customers.
26 June 2020
Germany's solarisBank and American Express have come together to create a new installment payment option for card payments of €300 or more.
Slice, a fintech startup which offers card-based products to young Indians to help them build a better credit score, has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Japanese VC Gunosy.
25 June 2020
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) "deserve consideration" as an additional means of payment, says a report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
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