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News/Cards
Mastercard is partnering with Phos on a four week field trial of a SoftPOS solution that enables merchants to accept contactless payments on Android mobile devices without the need for any additional hardware.
12 March 2020
Credit Sesame is launching a digital bank account, expanding beyond its core business of helping Americans access and boost their credit scores.
11 March 2020
The UK is set to introduce new legislation to ensure customer access to cash, under measures to be outlined in this weeks Budget statement.
09 March 2020
Glasgow has become the latest city to install contactless donation points where people can give electronically to help homeless people and street beggars.
05 March 2020
News/payments
The consumer of today is educated, digitally empowered and more than ever before, wants to make informed financial decisions. This requires financial players to provide a quick, efficient and barrier-free customer service that keeps pace with the dynamic transformations of this new era of payments.
04 March 2020
Fiserv has acquired MerchantPro Express as part of the fintech giant's strategy to build up its merchant services business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
03 March 2020
The World Health Organisation is advising consumers to avoid handling bank notes and instead switch to contactless payments to deter the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Mastercard chief product officer Michael Miebach will become CEO early next year, taking over from Ajay Banga, who is moving on to the role of executive chairman.
25 February 2020
Spanish banking giant Santander has struck a deal to buy merchant payments platform Elavon México for EUR79 million.
24 February 2020
Mastercard is to create over 1500 jobs in Dublin over the next three-to-five years, with the opening of a new tech campus in Leopardstown.
News/inclusion
Self, a fintech startup promising to help Americans build their credit while also saving money, has raised $20 million in a Series C funding round led by Altos Ventures and Conductive Ventures.
21 February 2020
Ally Financial has struck a $2.65 billion deal to buy CardWorks, enabling it to enter the credit card and merchant acquiring sectors.
19 February 2020
Coinbase has become the first pure-play cryptocurrency company to gain Visa membership.
Local communities across the UK are being encouraged to join a new national pilot scheme to redress the shift away from hard cash to card and digital-based payments.
17 February 2020
News/retail
A group of four Belgian banks and the country's postal service have enlisted Diebold Nixdorf to help them manage a new shared ATM network.
14 February 2020
Klarna has acquired the Italian buy now, pay later startup Moneymour and established a new product development hub in MIlan.
13 February 2020
Ramp, a corporate credit card startup founded by the team behind Paribus, a consumer finance firm acquired by Capital One in 2016, has raised $25 million in funding and signed up nearly 100 businesses for its launch.
Visa has made a strategic investment in ChargeAfter as part of a broader deal with the point-of-sale financing technology platform.
12 February 2020
Standard Chartered has set up a global e-commerce joint venture with Australia's Assembly Payments.
11 February 2020
Mastercard has received approval from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to begin formal preparations to set up a domestic bankcard clearing institution in the country.
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